• DocumentCode
    689196
  • Title

    Passive Q-switching of a Tm:BaY2F8 laser

  • Author

    Mateos, Xavier ; Veronesi, Stefano ; Haohai Yu ; Petrov, Valentin ; Parisi, Daniela ; Griebner, Uwe ; Tonelli, Mauro

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on passive Q-switching of a Tm-doped BaY2F8 (Tm:BYF) laser using Cr:ZnS saturable absorber achieving single pulse energies as high as 0.72 mJ, peak power exceeding 17 kW and pulse duration of 40 ns.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; Q-switching; barium compounds; chromium; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; thulium; wide band gap semiconductors; yttrium compounds; zinc compounds; BaY2F8:Tm; Cr:ZnS saturable absorber; Tm:BaY2F8 laser; ZnS:Cr; energy 0.72 mJ; laser power; passive Q-switching; pulse duration; single pulse energies; time 40 ns; Couplers; Crystals; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833578
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689196