Diode-laser pumped passively Q-switched green laser by intracavity frequency-doubling with periodically poled LiNbO3

被引:11
作者
Zhang, SJ
Wang, QP
Xu, XG
Dong, CM
Zhang, Y
Li, P
机构
[1] Shandong Univ, Inst Crystal Mat, State Key Lab Crystal Mat, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China
[2] Shandong Univ, Dept Opt, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
laser-diode pump; passively Q-switching; Cr4+: YAG; green laser; PPLN;
D O I
10.1016/S0030-3992(02)00179-2
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A continuous-wave (CW) laser-diode (LD) pumped passively Q-switched intra-cavity frequency-doubling green laser is reported in this paper. We used 3% at Nd doped YVO4 as gain medium, Cr4+:YAG as a saturable absorber for passively Q-switch and periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPLN) as a frequency doubler. The output energy of the green laser is 1.96 muJ with the pulse-width of 15.6 ns. No green-noise problem exists in the green laser. Some theoretical results on the passive Q-switching and intra-cavity frequency-doubling are also discussed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:233 / 235
页数:3
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