• DocumentCode
    387420
  • Title

    Passive mode-locking and Q-switching of 1.3 μm neodymium lasers with PbS-doped glass

  • Author

    Malyarevich, A.M. ; Savitski, V.G. ; Yumashev, K.V. ; Sinclair, B.D. ; Lipovskii, A.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Int. Laser Center, Minsk, Belarus
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    10-14 Nov. 2002
  • Firstpage
    637
  • Abstract
    We present results of using PbS-doped phosphate glass with the first excitonic peak at 1.3 μm as the saturable absorber for mode-locking of Nd:YAlO3, and Q-switching of Nd:YVO4 and Nd:KGd(WO4)2 lasers.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; excitons; laser mode locking; laser transitions; neodymium; optical glass; optical saturable absorption; potassium compounds; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 1.3 μm neodymium lasers; 1.3 micron; KGd(WO4)2:Nd; Nd:KGd(WO4)2 lasers; Nd:YAlO3; Nd:YVO4; P2O5:PbS; PbS-doped glass; PbS-doped phosphate glass; Q-switching; YAlO3:Nd; YVO4:Nd; first excitonic peak; passive mode-locking; saturable absorber; Absorption; Bleaching; Glass; Laser mode locking; Neodymium; Optical pulses; Probes; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7500-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159467
  • Filename
    1159467
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=387420