Pump-induced bleaching of the saturable absorber in short-pulse Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG passively Q-switched microchip lasers

被引：37

作者：

Zayhowski, JJ ^{[1
]}

Wilson, AL ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] MIT, Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA 02420 USA

来源：

IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 2003年 / 39卷 / 12期

关键词：

diode-pumped lasers; microchip lasers; optical saturation; passive Q-switching; solid-state lasers; YAG materials/devices;

D O I：

10.1109/JQE.2003.819535

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

Bleaching of the saturable absorber by pump light increases the length of the pulse generated in a passively Q-switched Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG microchip laser and decreases the pulse energy. This effect is greatest when transmitted pump light is nearly focused in the Cr4+:YAG and when pumping is sufficiently intense to bleach the absorption of the Nd:YAG. Both effects are important in short-pulse microchip lasers. The maximum repetition rate of a passively Q-switched Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG microchip laser is, correlated with the pulsewidth. In general, it decreases as the pulsewidth gets shorter.

引用

页码：1588 / 1593

页数：6

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