Published September 2009 | Version v1
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Diode-Pumped Quasi-Three-Level Passively Q-Switched Nd:GGG Laser with a Codoped Nd,Cr:YAG Saturable Absorber

Creators

  • 1. School of Opto-Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081 (China)
  • 2. Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 603, Beijing 100190 (China)
  • 3. Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031 (China)

Description

We demonstrate the first quasi-three-level passively Q-switched Nd:GGG laser at 937 nm using a Nd,Cr:YAG crystal as the saturable absorber. The dependences of the average output power, the repetition rate and the pulse width on the incident pump power are obtained. A maximum average output power of 1.18 W with repetition rate of 35 kHz and pulse width of 45 ns is achieved at an incident pump power of 18.3 W. The corresponding optical-to-optical and slope efficiencies are 6% and 10%, respectively

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/26/9/094202

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0256-307X/26/9/094202;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chinese Physics Letters
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
[3 p.]
ISSN
0256-307X
CODEN
CPLEEU

INIS

Country of Publication
China
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45000783
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S47: OTHER INSTRUMENTATION;
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM OXIDES; CRYSTALS; DIODE-PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS; EFFICIENCY; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM OXIDES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSES; Q-SWITCHING; SWITCHES; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
Descriptors DEC
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; LASERS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PUMPING; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS