Diode-end-pumped electro-optically Q-switched Nd:YLF slab laser

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作者：

Zhang, HL ^{[1
]}

Du, KM ^{[1
]}

Li, DJ ^{[1
]}

Shi, P ^{[1
]}

Wang, YD ^{[1
]}

Diart, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] EdgeWave GmbH, D-52074 Aachen, Germany

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 2004年 / 43卷 / 14期

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D O I：

10.1364/AO.43.002940

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report a very compact Nd:YLF slab laser that is end pumped by a quasi-continuous-wave diode stack. A hybrid resonator is used to generate high output power in a near-diffraction-limited beam (i.e., a beam propogation M-2 factor of less than 1.2). A pulse energy of 14.3 mJ was obtained with a pulse width of 8.5 ns at a repetition rate of 500 Hz, which corresponds to a Q-switched peak power of 1.68 MW. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

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页码：2940 / 2943

页数：4

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