Published January 2013
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Journal article
A diode-pumped passively Q-switched c-cut Nd:Lu0.1Y0.9VO4 laser
- 1. State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials and Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China (China)
Description
The continuous wave and pulsed laser performances of a laser-diode-end-pumped c-cut Nd:Lu0.1Y0.9VO4 crystal have been demonstrated for the first time. The small emission cross section and appropriate upper level lifetime result in the c-cut Nd:Lu0.1Y0.9VO4 crystals having excellent pulsed laser performance. When the pulse repetition rate was 6.4 kHz, the shortest pulse width, the largest pulse energy and the highest peak power were found to be 1.9 ns, 104.7 μJ and 55.1 kW, respectively, using a Cr4+:YAG crystal as the saturable absorber. These results were much better than those for an a-cut Nd:Lu0.1Y0.9VO4 crystal under the same conditions. (paper)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1054-660X/23/1/015801Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Laser Physics (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 23
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [4 p.]
- ISSN
- 1555-6611
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Russian Federation
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 46004029
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHROMIUM IONS; CROSS SECTIONS; CRYSTALS; DIODE-PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; KHZ RANGE; LIFETIME; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTON EMISSION; Q-SWITCHING; VANADATES; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EMISSION; FREQUENCY RANGE; IONS; LASERS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PULSES; RADIATIONS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS