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28 March 2002 Passively Q-switched diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser using Cr4+-doped garnets
Yehoshua Y. Kalisky, Christophe Labbe, Karol Waichman, Leonid Kravchik, U. Rachum, Peizhen Deng, Jun Xu, Jun Dong, Wei Chen
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Abstract
We investigated the operation of a diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser passively Q-switched, by Cr4+:YAG, Cr4+:LuAG, and Cr4+:GSGG saturable absorbers. The results presented here are focused towards the design of a passively Q-switched Yb:YAG microlaser. The free-running performance of both rod and a disk Yb:YAG is characterized, and experimental parameters such as gain and loss are evaluated. These values, together with the value of the stimulated emission cross section, e.g. (sigma) emequals3.3x10-20 cm2 were found to fit between our experimental results and an existing numerical model which relates the experimental and physical parameters to the minimal threshold pumping power. Q-switched pulses with maximum peak power of approximately equals 10.4-kW, and energy of approximately equals 0.5 mJ/pulse were extracted with 30% extraction efficiency.
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Yehoshua Y. Kalisky, Christophe Labbe, Karol Waichman, Leonid Kravchik, U. Rachum, Peizhen Deng, Jun Xu, Jun Dong, and Wei Chen "Passively Q-switched diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser using Cr4+-doped garnets", Proc. SPIE 4628, Nonlinear Materials: Growth, Characterization, Devices, and Applications, (28 March 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460816
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KEYWORDS
Chromium

Ytterbium

Crystals

YAG lasers

Absorption

Semiconductor lasers

Q switched lasers

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