1. Diode-pumped continuous-wave and passively Q-switched Nd:GdLuAG laser at 1443.9 nm.
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Wu, Qianwen, Liu, Zhaojun, Zhang, Sasa, Cong, Zhenghua, Guan, Chen, Xue, Feng, Chen, Hui, Huang, Qingjie, Xu, Xiaodong, Xu, Jun, and Qin, Zengguang
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OPTICAL saturable absorption , *Q-switching , *CONTINUOUS wave lasers , *DIODES , *OPTICAL pumping , *NEODYMIUM , *GADOLINIUM compounds - Abstract
We investigated the 1443.9 nm laser characteristics of Nd:GdLuAG crystal. Diode-end-pumping configuration was employed under both continuous-wave (CW) and passively Q- switched operations. For CW operation, the maximum average output power was 1.36 W with a slope efficiency of 15%. By using a V 3+ :YAG crystal as the saturable absorber, we obtained the maximum average output power of 164 mW under Q -switched operation. The corresponding pulse energy was 29.3 μJ and pulse duration was 59 ns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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