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Paper Abstract
Various lengths of Yb:Er:YVO4 were end pumped by a quasi-continuous wave 967 nm diode laser. The best slope
efficiency with respect to absorbed pump power for gain switched operation was 8 % for a 5 mm long crystal.
Co:MgAl2O4 saturable absorbers of 98 % and 93 % initial transmission were used to passively Q-switch the cavity. For
the 98 % initial transmission absorber, average pulses energies of 44 µJ were measured. The average pulse width and
repetition rate were ~256 ns and 36 kHz, respectively. For the 93% initial transmission absorber, a single output pulse of
37 µJ energy and 22 ns duration per pump pulse was measured when the crystal was pumped for a pumping duration of
1.7 ms.
Paper Details
Date Published: 16 April 2008
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6998, Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III, 69980U (16 April 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.781245
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6998:
Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III
Jonathan A. Terry; Thomas Graf; Helena Jelínková, Editor(s)
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6998, Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III, 69980U (16 April 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.781245
Show Author Affiliations
Yuen H. Tsang, The Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom)
Colin J. Mercer, The Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom)
Colin J. Mercer, The Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom)
David J. Binks, The Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6998:
Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III
Jonathan A. Terry; Thomas Graf; Helena Jelínková, Editor(s)
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