Diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:LuVO4 laser at 1.34 μm with a V3+:YAG saturable absorber

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作者：
Liu, Fengqin [1 ,2 ]
He, Jingliang [2 ]
Zhang, Baitao [2 ]
Xu, Jinlong [2 ]
Dong, Xiaolong [2 ]
Yang, Kejian [2 ]
Xia, Hairui [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, Huaijin [2 ]
机构：
[1] Shandong Univ, Sch Phys, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China
[2] Shandong Univ, State Key Lab Crystal Mat, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China
来源：
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2008年 / 16卷 / 16期
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D O I：
10.1364/OE.16.011759
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
b We report a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:LuVO(4) laser at 1.34 mu m using V(3+):YAG as saturable absorber. The characteristics of a-cut and c-cut Nd: LuVO(4) passive Q-switching operation were studied. The average output power of 1.02W was obtained under the pump power of 12.88W, corresponding to the optical conversion efficiency of 8% and slope efficiency of 10% in c- cut Nd: LuVO(4) laser. The maximum pulse energy of 17.6 mu J and the highest peak power of 820W were obtained at pulse width of 21ns and pulse repetition rate of 22.4kHz in a-cut Nd:LuVO(4) laser. (c) 2008 Optical Society of America.
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