• 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