Title :
Passively Q-Switched Core-doped Ceramic Nd:YAG Laser with Sm:YAG Cladding
Author :
Huss, R. ; Wilhelm, Ralf ; Neumann, Jörg ; Kracht, Dietmar
Author_Institution :
Laser Zentrum Hannover e. V., Hannover, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper we report on a passively Q-switched core-doped Nd:YAG laser, which is end-pumped by a laser diode stack. To suppress ASE and especially parasitic ring modes the cladding consists of Sm:YAG, which is transparent at the pump wavelength of 808 nm and absorbs at the laser wavelength of 1064 nm.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; neodymium; samarium; solid lasers; superradiance; ASE suppression; Nd:YAG laser; Sm:YAG cladding; YAG:Nd; YAG:Sm; laser diode stack; optical pumping; parasitic ring modes; passively Q-switched core-doped ceramic laser; wavelength 1064 nm; wavelength 808 nm; Ceramics; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Samarium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0930-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385884
