Title :
Diode-pumped actively Q-switched intracavity BaWO4 Raman laser with a ceramic Nd:YAG as the gain medium
Author :
Cong, Zhenhua ; Zhang, Xingyu ; Wang, Qingpu ; Liu, Zhaojun ; Chen, Xiaohan ; Fan, Shuzhen ; Zhang, Chen ; Xu, Huihua ; Zhang, Huaijin ; Tao, Xutang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Shandong Univ., Jinan, China
Abstract :
A diode-end-pumped actively Q-switched intracavity Raman laser with a ceramic Nd:YAG as the gain medium and a BaWO4 as the Raman medium is investigated. The obtained maximum conversion efficiency is 23.9 %.
Keywords :
Q-switching; Raman lasers; barium compounds; ceramics; neodymium; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; tungsten compounds; yttrium compounds; BaWO4; YAG:Nd; ceramic; diode-pumped actively Q-switched intracavity Raman laser; Ceramics; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Mirrors; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Raman scattering; Shape; BaWO4 crystal; Nd:YAG Ceramic; Stimulated Raman scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292353