Diode-pumped passively Q-switched self-frequency-doubling Nd:YAB laser

被引:36
作者
Bartschke, J
Boller, KJ
Wallenstein, R
Klimov, IV
Tsvetkov, VB
Shcherbakov, IA
机构
[1] Univ Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Phys, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
[2] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Gen Phys, Moscow 117942, Russia
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10.1364/JOSAB.14.003452
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on a diode-pumped 531-nm self-frequency-doubling Nd:YAB laser passively Q switched by a Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber. Pumped by 1.4 W of 807-nm GaAlAs diode laser radiation, the Nd:YAB laser system generates 5.6-ns-long TEM00 light pulses with an energy of 1.0 mu J at a repetition rate of 45 kHz. The experimental data are compared with the results of a numerical analysis based on rate equations that consider the optical properties of the Nd:YAB crystal and of the Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America [S0740-3224(97)00812-6].
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页数:5
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