Title :
Passive Q-switching of a diode-pumped Tm,Ho:YLF laser using Cr:ZnSe saturable absorber
Author :
Oreshkov, Bozhidar ; Gianfrate, Antonio ; Veronesi, Stefano ; Petrov, Valentin ; Griebner, Uwe ; Haohai Yu ; Buchvarov, Ivan ; Parisi, Daniela ; Tonelli, Mauro
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We report on passive Q-switching of a Tm,Ho:LiYF4 laser with Cr:ZnSe saturable absorber achieving for the first time short (~50 ns) pulse durations and high (~640 W) peak power from such a diode-pumped Ho-laser.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; Q-switching; chromium; high-speed optical techniques; holmium; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; thulium; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; YLF:Tm,Ho; ZnSe:Cr; diode-pumped Ho-laser; high peak power; passive Q-switching; saturable absorber; short pulse durations; Laser applications; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
