Short pulse, high-repetition rate, passively Q-switched Er:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser at 1.6 microns -: art. no. 241118

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作者：

Stultz, RD ^{[1
]}

Leyva, V ^{[1
]}

Spariosu, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Raytheon Co, El Segundo, CA 90245 USA

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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2005年 / 87卷 / 24期

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10.1063/1.2142086

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O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

We have demonstrated a continuously pumped, passively Q-switched, 1617 nm Er:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) laser oscillator with a pulse width of just under 7 ns, a pulse repetition frequency of about 4 kHz, and an output power of 0.9 W. The oscillator was pumped using an Er:fiber laser at 1534 nm, and Q switched using a Cr2+:ZnSe saturable absorber. The Er:YAG laser is useful either stand-alone, or as the master oscillator in a master-oscillator-power-amplifier architecture. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.

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