• DocumentCode
    2790065
  • Title

    Operation at high temperature of a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG laser

  • Author

    Dascalu, T. ; Pavel, N. ; Vasile, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Solid-State Quantum Electron., Nat. Inst. for Lasers, Bucharest, Romania
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-19 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this work we investigated the performances of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser passively Q-switched by Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber (SA) crystal, which is commonly used in engine ignition, for temperatures up to 150 AcircdegC.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; chromium; neodymium; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; thermo-optical effects; yttrium compounds; YAG:Cr4+; YAG:Nd; diode-pumped passively Q-switched laser; engine ignition; high-temperature laser operation; saturable absorber crystal; Chromium; Crystals; Diodes; Ignition; Internal combustion engines; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Plasma temperature; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4079-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4080-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192296
  • Filename
    5192296
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2790065