High-power passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 UV laser at 355 nm

Y. J. Huang; Y. P. Huang; P. Y. Chiang; H. C. Liang; Kuan-Wei Su; Yung-Fu Chen

doi:10.1007/s00340-011-4758-y

High-power passively Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ UV laser at 355 nm

Y. J. Huang, Y. P. Huang, P. Y. Chiang, H. C. Liang, Kuan-Wei Su, Yung-Fu Chen^*

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We report on an efficient high-power passively Q-switched UV laser at 355 nm. We take into account the second threshold criterion and the thermal-lensing effect to design and realize a compact reliable passively Q-switched Nd:YVO ₄ laser with Cr ⁴⁺:YAG as a saturable absorber. At an incident pump power of 16.3 W, the average output power at 1064 nm reaches 6.2 W with a pulse width of 7 ns and a pulse repetition rate of 56 kHz. Employing the developed passively Q-switched laser to perform the extra-cavity harmonic generations, the maximum average output powers at 532 nm and 355 nm are up to 2.2 W and 1.62 W, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	893-898
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	106
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4758-y
State	Published - 1 Mar 2012

Keywords

Output Coupler
Saturable Absorber
Average Output Power
Laser Crystal
Incident Pump Power

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