• DocumentCode
    1664303
  • Title

    Passive Q-switching of a Tm: YLF laser

  • Author

    Faoro, Raffaele ; Kadankov, Martin ; Parisi, Daniela ; Veronesi, Stefano ; Tonelli, Mauro ; Petrov, Valentin ; Griebner, Uwe ; Segura, Martha ; Mateos, Xavier

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Stable passive Q-switching of a Tm:LiYF4 laser using polycrystalline Cr2+:ZnS saturable absorbers is demonstrated reaching pulse energies of 0.9 mJ and peak powers of 65 kW in 14-ns long pulses at ~1.9 μm.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; Q-switching; chromium; laser stability; lithium compounds; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; thulium; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; YLF:Tm; ZnS:Cr; energy 0.9 mJ; laser powers; polycrystalline saturable absorbers; power 65 kW; pulse energies; stable passive Q-switching; time 14 ns; wavelength 1.9 mum; Crystals; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326054
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1664303