Title :
Diode-end-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG ceramic laser
Author :
Kong, J. ; Tang, D.Y. ; Xie, G.Q.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
We report on a diode-end-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG ceramic laser. By using a Cr4+:YAG single crystal of 80% initial transmission as the saturable absorber, stable Q-switched pulses with 126 mu J pulse energy, 12 ns pulse width and 8.4 kHz pulse repetition rate have been obtained.
Keywords :
Q-switching; ceramics; chromium; neodymium; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; Cr4+:YAG single crystal; Nd:YAG ceramic laser; Q-switched pulses; Q-switching; Y3Al5O12:Cr; Y3Al5O12:Nd; diode-end-pumped ceramic laser; energy 126 muJ; frequency 8.4 kHz; passively Q-switched ceramic laser; saturable absorber; time 12 ns; Ceramics; Couplings; Diodes; Laser excitation; Optical pulse generation; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391445