V:YAG saturable absorber as a Q-switch for diode-pumped Nd:YAG-lasers at 1.44 pm and 1.34 /spl mu/m

Author

Kuleshov, N.V. ; Podlipensky, A.V. ; Yumashev, I.V. ; Kretschmann, H.M. ; Huber, G.

Author_Institution

Intl. Laser Center, Byelorussian State Univ., Minsk, Byelorussia

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

228

Abstract

Summary form only given. Laser radiation of high power and good beam quality in the 1.44-/spl mu/m wavelength range is required for medical applications in surgery. Continuous wave laser output of up to 4.9 W at 1.44 /spl mu/m was demonstrated recently from a longitudinally diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser. We report, to our knowledge, on the first passively Q-switched diode-pumped 1.44-/spl mu/m Nd:YAG laser using a V:YAG saturable absorber.

Keywords

Q-switching; infrared sources; laser applications in medicine; laser beams; laser transitions; neodymium; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; surgery; 1.34 mum; 1.44 mum; Nd:YAG-lasers; Q-switch; V:YAG saturable absorber; YAG:V; YAGNd; YAl5O12:V; YAl5O12Nd; continuous wave laser output; diode-pumped; good beam quality; high power; laser radiation; laser surgery; longitudinally diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser; medical applications; passively Q-switched diode-pumped 1.44-/spl mu/m Nd:YAG laser; Absorption; Copper; Couplers; Diodes; Optical reflection; Optimized production technology; Solid state circuits; Space vector pulse width modulation; Tiles; Tires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.906946

Filename

906946