Published November 2008 | Version v1
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Room temperature efficient continuous wave and Q-switched Ho:YAG laser double-pass pumped by a diode-pumped Tm:YLF laser

Creators

  • 1. National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001 (China)

Description

We report the room temperature continuous wave and acousto-optically Q-switched Ho:YAG laser double-pass pumped by a diode-pumped Tm:YLF laser. Continuous wave output power of 10.5 W at 2090 nm is obtained under the incident pump power of 18.1 W, corresponding to a conversion efficiency of 58.0% and a slope efficiency of 65.7%. For the Q-switched regime the maximum pulse energy of 1.0 mJ and the minimum pulse width of 25 ns at the repetition rate of 10 kHz are achieved, resulting in a peak power of 40.0 kW

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lapl.200810079

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1002/lapl.200810079;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Laser physics letters (Internet)
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 800-803
ISSN
1612-202X

INIS

Country of Publication
Russian Federation
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46009431
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EFFICIENCY; HOLMIUM COMPOUNDS; LASER RADIATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICS; Q-SWITCHING; SOLID STATE LASERS; THULIUM COMPOUNDS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LASERS; PUMPING; RADIATIONS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS