Q-switching of a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser with GaAs nonlinear output coupler

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作者
Gu, JH
Zhou, F
Wan, KT
Lim, TK
Tam, SC
Lam, YL
Xu, DS
Cheng, ZH
机构
[1] Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch EEE, Div Microelect, Photon Lab 1, Singapore 639798, Singapore
[2] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, State Key Lab Laser Technol, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, Peoples R China
关键词
diode-pumped laser; solid state laser; Q-switched laser; GaAs; passive Q-switching;
D O I
10.1016/S0143-8166(01)00015-X
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Passive Q-switching of a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser was demonstrated using GaAs as an output coupler and as a saturable absorber. When pumped with a 3-W diode laser at 809 nm, the highly compact laser produced 12-muJ pulses of 2.2 ns in duration at 1.054 mum in a single transverse mode, corresponding to a peak power of 5.6 kW. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:299 / 307
页数:9
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