TY - GEN
T1 - High-peak-power subnanosecond diode-pumped passively Q-switched microchip laser
AU - Lan, Yu-Pin
AU - Wang, S. C.
AU - Chen, Yung-Fu
PY - 2003/12/1
Y1 - 2003/12/1
N2 - Diode-pumped passively Q-switched solid-state laser with extremely short high-peak-power pulses are of potential interest for numerous applications. In this paper we present a resonator that is formed by a coated c-cut Nd:GdVO 4 or Nd:YVO4 crystal and a coated Cr/sup 4+/:YAG crystal. The studies of the present performance indicate that c-cut Nd:GdVO4 and Nd:YVO4 crystal are very convenient material for short pulse (sub-nanosecond) and high-peak power lasers. It is demonstrated that at 2 W pump power, 17.8 nJ pulses of 0.85 ns duration at a pulse repetition rate of 13 kHz can be generated in the c-cut Nd:GdVO4 and 18 nJ pulses of 0.85 ns duration at a pulse repetition rate of 13.5 kHz at 2.4 W pump power in the c-cut Nd:YVO4.
AB - Diode-pumped passively Q-switched solid-state laser with extremely short high-peak-power pulses are of potential interest for numerous applications. In this paper we present a resonator that is formed by a coated c-cut Nd:GdVO 4 or Nd:YVO4 crystal and a coated Cr/sup 4+/:YAG crystal. The studies of the present performance indicate that c-cut Nd:GdVO4 and Nd:YVO4 crystal are very convenient material for short pulse (sub-nanosecond) and high-peak power lasers. It is demonstrated that at 2 W pump power, 17.8 nJ pulses of 0.85 ns duration at a pulse repetition rate of 13 kHz can be generated in the c-cut Nd:GdVO4 and 18 nJ pulses of 0.85 ns duration at a pulse repetition rate of 13.5 kHz at 2.4 W pump power in the c-cut Nd:YVO4.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84891851022&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1313830
DO - 10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1313830
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891851022
SN - 0780377346
SN - 9780780377349
T3 - Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest
BT - 2003 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/EUROPE 2003
T2 - 2003 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/EUROPE 2003
Y2 - 22 June 2003 through 27 June 2003
ER -