Passive Q-switching and wavelength tunability of a diode-pumped Tm:Yb:YLiF4 laser around 1.5 μm

被引：9
作者：
Braud, A
Fromager, M
Doualan, JL
Girard, S
Moncorgé, R
Thuau, M
Ferrand, B
Thony, P
机构：
[1] Univ Caen, CEA,CNRS,ISMRA, UMR 6637, Ctr Interdisciplinaire Rech Ions Lourds, F-14050 Caen, France
[2] SMDO, DOPT, CEA Tech Avancees, LETI, F-38041 Grenoble, France
来源：
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 2000年 / 183卷 / 1-4期
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D O I：
10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00853-1
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
Repetitive passive Q-switching of a CW diode-pumped thulium-ytterbium codoped YLiF4: (YLF) laser at 1.5 mu m is demonstrated using Co:LaMgAl11O19 (LMA) as saturable absorber. The H-3(4) --> F-3(4) laser transition is also slightly tuned from 1.492 to 1.505 mu m with a birefringent filter. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数：5
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