DocumentCode
3615585
Title
Optical and laser properties of epitaxially grown passively Q-switched Cr/sup 4+/:GGG/ Nd/sup 3+/:GGG, Cr/sup 4+/:YAG/Yb/sup 3+/:YAG and Cr/sup 4+/:YAG/ Nd/sup 3+/:YAG microchip lasers
Author
K. Kopczynski;J. Sarnecki;Z. Mierczyk;J. Skwarcz;M. Kwasny;J. Mlynczak;S.B. Ubizski;I.M. Syvorotka;S. Melnyk;A. Matkowski
Author_Institution
Inst. of Optoelectron., Mil. Univ. of Technol., Warsaw, Poland
fYear
2003
fDate
6/25/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
758
Abstract
We have used liquid phase epitaxy technique to grow Cr/sup 4+/ doped GGG and YAG monocrystalline thin films as a saturable absorber for passive Q-switching of Nd:GGG, Yb:YAG and Nd:YAG microchip lasers. Comparison of laser performance and influence of epitaxial film saturable absorber properties on microchip characteristics (repetition rate, pulse energy and pulse length) were reported.
Keywords
"Chromium","Microchip lasers","Neodymium","Optical films","Substrates","Pump lasers","Garnets","Laser theory","Crystals","Optical pumping"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7734-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1313841
Filename
1313841
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