DocumentCode
2630235
Title
Thermal wavelength shifts with Q-switched diode-pumped Yb:KGW
Author
Mussot, A. ; Casagrande, O. ; Jolly, A.
Author_Institution
Commissariat a l´´Energie Atomique, Centre d´´Etudes Sci. et Tech., France
fYear
2005
fDate
22-28 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
47
Lastpage
48
Abstract
Low duty cycle Q-switch pulses of 28 mJ are demonstrated in diode-pumped Yb:KGW crystal. Furthermore we demonstrate that free running wavelength of Yb:KGW depends on crystal temperature.
Keywords
Q-switching; gadolinium compounds; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; spectral line shift; ytterbium; 28 mJ; KGd(WO4)2:Yb; Q-switching; Yb:KGW crystal; crystal temperature; diode-pumping; free running wavelength; thermal wavelength shifts; Absorption; Bandwidth; Diodes; Optical amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor process modeling; Slabs; Solid lasers; Temperature dependence; Ytterbium;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9217-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1547871
Filename
1547871
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