High average power diode end-pumped composite Nd:YAG laser passively Q-switched by Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber

被引：81

作者：

Pavel, N ^{[1
]}

Saikawa, J ^{[1
]}

Kurimura, S ^{[1
]}

Taira, T ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Inst Mol Sci, Laser Res Ctr, Okazaki, Aichi 4448585, Japan

来源：

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS | 2001年 / 40卷 / 3A期

关键词：

Nd-doped laser; diode-pumped; passive Q-switch; Cr4+: YAG;

D O I：

10.1143/JJAP.40.1253

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We report a diode end-pumped composite Nd:YAG laser, passively Q-switched by a Cr4+:YAG crystal as saturable absorber. The maximum peak power exceeded 16 kW for an average power of 2.6 W, laser pulses of 16.8-ns duration and 272-muJ energy. The maximum average power was 4.2 W with the laser operating at 24.0 kHz repetition frequency and 47.8-ns pulses duration (3.7 kW peak power) at a beam quality of M-2 = 1.34. A rate-equation model that considers both the active medium and the saturable absorber dynamics was developed. A good agreement between the experiments and modeling resulted.

引用

页码：1253 / 1259

页数：7

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