Passively {ital Q}-switched Nd:YVO{sub 4} laser with a Cr{sup 4+}:YAG crystal saturable absorber
- Department of Modern Applied Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)
- Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 800-216, Shanghai 201800 (China)
We demonstrate, for the first time as far as we know, a passively Q-switched operation of a Nd:YVO{sub 4} laser in which a Cr{sup 4+}:YAG crystal and a laser-diode bar are used as the saturable absorber and the pump source, respectively. Stable laser pulses as short as 28 ns with 20-{mu}J energy can be generated with this laser, which has the advantages of simplicity, high efficiency, and good long-term stability. {copyright} 1997 Optical Society of America
- OSTI ID:
- 656925
- Journal Information:
- Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Issue 12; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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