DIODE-PUMPED PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED PICOSECOND MICROCHIP LASERS

被引:406
作者
ZAYHOWSKI, JJ
DILL, C
机构
[1] Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, 02173-9108
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10.1364/OL.19.001427
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Passively Q-switched 1.064-mu m microchip lasers have been constructed from thin pieces of Nd3+:YAG bonded to thin pieces of Cr4+:YAG. When pumped with the unfocused 1.2-W output of a fiber-coupled diode, these devices produced 11-mu J pulses of 337-ps duration at a pulse repetition rate of 6 kHz in a single-frequency TEM(00) mode. The peak power of the lasers was in excess of 28 kW, with unfocused peak output intensities exceeding 180 MW/cm(2).
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页码:1427 / 1429
页数:3
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