Passively Q-switched Yb:Y2O3 ceramic laser with a GaAs output coupler

被引：27

作者：

Kong, J ^{[1
]}

Tang, DY

Lu, J

Ueda, K

Yagi, H

Yanagitani, T

机构：

[1] Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Elect & Elect Engn, Singapore 639798, Singapore

[2] Univ Electrocommun, Inst Laser Sci, Chofu, Tokyo 182, Japan

[3] Konoshima Chem Co Ltd, Takuma Works, Kagawa, Japan

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2004年 / 12卷 / 15期

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D O I：

10.1364/OPEX.12.003560

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report on the experimental studies of a diode-end-pumped passively Q-switched Yb:Y2O3 ceramic laser with a GaAs wafer simultaneously as saturable absorber and output coupler. The Q-switched operation of the laser has an average output power of 0.51 W with a 17.7-W incident pump power. The Q-switched pulses with pulse energy of 7.7 muJ have been achieved. The minimum pulse width is measured to be about 50 ns with a repetition rate of 52.6 KHz. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration on a passively Q-switched Yb:Y2O3 ceramic laser. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：3560 / 3566

页数：7

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