DocumentCode
2146243
Title
Passively Q-switched Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG ceramics miniature lasers with peak power ≫ 150 kW and nearly diffraction-limited beam quality
Author
Dong, Junchen ; Shirakawa, A. ; Ueda, K. ; Yagi, H. ; Yanagitani, T.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo
fYear
2007
fDate
17-22 June 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
Here we report on the high peak power laser performance of Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG all-ceramic miniature laser by using low initial transmission of the Cr4+:YAG and high transmission of the output coupler.
Keywords
Q-switching; ceramics; chromium; laser beams; microchip lasers; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; ytterbium; YAG:Cr; YAG:Yb; high peak power laser performance; low initial transmission; microchip laser; nearly diffraction-limited beam quality; passively Q-switched ceramics miniature lasers; saturable absorber; Ceramics; Chemical lasers; Diffraction; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-0931-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385810
Filename
4385810
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