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Diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:Gd0.5Y0.5VO4 laser at 1.34 microm with V3+:YAG as the saturable absorber
- Source :
- Optics express. 17(9)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The performance of a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:Gd(0.5)Y(0.5)VO(4) laser at 1.34 microm with V(3+):YAG as the saturable absorber was demonstrated for the first time to the best of our knowledge. The focal lengths of thermal lens in the diode-end-pumped Nd:Gd(0.5)Y(0.5)VO(4) laser for the 1.34 microm transition was experimentally investigated, with the corresponding proportion constant estimated to be approximately1.5x10(4) W/mm. For the passive Q-switching operation, the maximum average output power of 0.96 W was achieved under the pump power of 7.28 W, corresponding to optical-to-optical conversion and slope efficiency of 13.2% and 17.6%, respectively. The minimum pulse width attained was 47.8 ns with the pulse repetition frequency of 76 kHz, with the single pulse energy and peak power estimated to be 8.7 microJ and 182 W, respectively.
- Subjects :
- Pulse repetition frequency
Materials science
business.industry
Slope efficiency
Reproducibility of Results
Saturable absorption
Equipment Design
Lasers, Solid-State
Laser
Q-switching
Sensitivity and Specificity
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
law.invention
Equipment Failure Analysis
Optics
Mode-locking
law
Fiber laser
Optoelectronics
Computer-Aided Design
business
Diode
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10944087
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Optics express
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dd52993c63aba617adedb6436d0fa04f