Title :
Passive V:YAG Q-switching operation of 1.34-µm Nd:YAG laser with loop cavity
Author :
Ershkov, M.N. ; Gavrilov, Alexey V. ; Fedin, A.V. ; Smetanin, S.N. ; Solokhin, S.A.
Author_Institution :
V.A. Degtyarev Kovrov State Technol. Acad., Kovrov, Russia
fDate :
June 30 2014-July 4 2014
Abstract :
Passive Q-switching operation of the flash-lamp pumped 1.34-μm Nd:YAG laser with loop cavity is experimentally investigated. Using a passive 47-% V:YAG Q-switch the laser generated the 380-mJ trains of 260-ns laser pulses with an individual pulse energy of 27 mJ.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; vanadium; YAG:Nd; YAG:V; energy 27 mJ; energy 380 mJ; flash-lamp pumped neodymium:YAG laser; loop cavity; nanosecond laser pulse generation; passive vanadium:YAG Q-switching operation; time 260 ns; wavelength 1.34 mum; Crystals; Pump lasers; 1.34-µm wavelength; Nd:YAG laser; loop cavity; passive Q-switching;
Conference_Titel :
Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Saint Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3884-1
DOI :
10.1109/LO.2014.6886247
