Record performance from a passively Q-switched Yb : Er : YVO4 laser - art. no. 69980U

Y H Tsang; C J Mercer; D J Binks; J A Terry; T Graf; H Jelinkova; Strasbourg Urbaine

Record performance from a passively Q-switched Yb : Er : YVO4 laser - art. no. 69980U

Y H Tsang, C J Mercer, D J Binks, J A Terry (Editor), T Graf (Editor), H Jelinkova (Editor), Strasbourg Urbaine (Editor)

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Abstract

Various lengths of Yb:Er:YVO4 were end pumped by a quasi-continuous wave 967 nm diode laser. The best slope efficiency with respect to absorbed Pump power for gain switched operation was 8 % for a 5 mm long crystal. Co:MgAl2O4 saturable absorbers of 98 % and 93 % initial transmission were used to passively Q-switch the cavity. For the 98 % Initial transmission absorber, average pulses energies of 44 mu J were Measured. The average Pulse width and repetition rate were similar to 256 ns and 36 kHz, respectively. For the 93% initial transmission absorber, a single Output Pulse of 37 mu J energy and 22 ns duration per Pump pulse was measured when the crystal was pumped for a pumping duration of 1.7 ms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference on Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III
Editors	J A Terry, T Graf, H Jelinkova, Strasbourg Urbaine
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	U9980-U9980
Volume	6998
ISBN (Print)	0277-786X 978-0-8194-7196-3
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	Conference on Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III - Strasbourg, FRANCE Duration: 8 Apr 2008 → 10 Apr 2008

Conference

Conference	Conference on Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III
City	Strasbourg, FRANCE
Period	8/04/08 → 10/04/08

Keywords

passive
Q-switched
saturable absorber
Yb : Er : YVO4
diode laser
eye-safe
1.5 micron
1.6 micron
diode pumped solid state laser
Optics
Physics, Applied

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Tsang, YH, Mercer, CJ, Binks, DJ, Terry, JA (ed.), Graf, T (ed.), Jelinkova, H (ed.) & Urbaine, S (ed.) 2008, Record performance from a passively Q-switched Yb : Er : YVO4 laser - art. no. 69980U. in JA Terry, T Graf, H Jelinkova & S Urbaine (eds), Conference on Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III. vol. 6998, SPIE, pp. U9980-U9980, Conference on Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III, Strasbourg, FRANCE, 8/04/08.

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