Diode-pumped quasi-three-level passively Q-switched Nd:GGG laser with a codoped Nd,Cr:YAG saturable absorber

Kun Na He; Chun Qing Gao; Zhi Yi Wei; Qi Nan Li; Zhi Guo Zhang; Hai He Jiang; Shao Tang Yin; Qing L. Zhang

doi:10.1088/0256-307X/26/9/094202

Diode-pumped quasi-three-level passively Q-switched Nd:GGG laser with a codoped Nd,Cr:YAG saturable absorber

Kun Na He^*
, Chun Qing Gao
, Zhi Yi Wei
, Qi Nan Li
, Zhi Guo Zhang
, Hai He Jiang
, Shao Tang Yin
, Qing L. Zhang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Beijing Institute of Technology
CAS - Institute of Physics
CAS - Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics

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We demonstrate the first quasi-three-level passively Q-switched Nd:GGG laser at 937 nm using a Nd,Cr:YAG crystal as the saturable absorber. The dependences of the average output power, the repetition rate and the pulse width on the incident pump power are obtained. A maximum average output power of 1.18 W with repetition rate of 35 kHz and pulse width of 45 ns is achieved at an incident pump power of 18.3 W. The corresponding optical-to-optical and slope efficiencies are 6% and 10%, respectively.

Original language	English
Article number	094202
Journal	Chinese Physics Letters
Volume	26
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/26/9/094202
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Diode-pumped quasi-three-level passively Q-switched Nd:GGG laser with a codoped Nd,Cr:YAG saturable absorber

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