Ho:CaF2 solid-state saturable-absorber Q switch for the 2-mu m Tm,Cr:Y3Al5O12 laser

被引：23

作者：

Kuo, YK

Birnbaum, M

Unlu, F

Huang, MF

机构：

[1] Center for Laser Studies, University of Southern California University Park, Los Angeles, CA

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 1996年 / 35卷 / 15期

关键词：

passive Q switching; saturable absorber;

D O I：

10.1364/AO.35.002576

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

The holmium-doped calcium fluoride (Ho:CaF2) crystal was shown to be an effective solid-state saturable-absorber Q-switch for a flash-lamp-pumped Tm,Cr:Y3Al5O12 laser at 2.017 mu m. with a 1-cm-thick Ho(0.5%),Er(5%):CaF2 saturable absorber and a 6.3% output coupler, a single Q-switched laser pulse of 51 mJ in energy and 60 ns in duration was obtained at a flash-lamp input energy of 85 J. With a 14.6% output coupler, a typical Q-switched laser pulse of 84 mJ and 82 ns was observed. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：2576 / 2579

页数：4

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