Repetitive modulation and passive Q-switching of diode end-pumped Nd-KGW laser

Yehoshua Y. Kalisky; Leonid Kravchik; Karol Waichman; Christophe Labbe

doi:10.1117/12.424643

1 May 2001 Repetitive modulation and passive Q-switching of diode end-pumped Nd-KGW laser

Yehoshua Y. Kalisky, Leonid Kravchik, Karol Waichman, Christophe Labbe

Proceedings Volume 4268, Growth, Fabrication, Devices, and Applications of Laser and Nonlinear Materials; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424643
Event: Photonics West 2001 - LASE, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We report the operation of a passively Q-switched diode end pumped Nd³⁺:KGW laser, which was obtained by using a Cr⁴⁺:YAG or Cr⁴⁺:GGG saturable absorbers in the multi-kHz frequency domain. The free-running (with maximum slope efficiency of 46%), and the passively Q-switched characteristics of Nd:KGW were investigated and the use of Nd:KGW as microlasers will be discussed.

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Yehoshua Y. Kalisky, Leonid Kravchik, Karol Waichman, and Christophe Labbe "Repetitive modulation and passive Q-switching of diode end-pumped Nd-KGW laser", Proc. SPIE 4268, Growth, Fabrication, Devices, and Applications of Laser and Nonlinear Materials, (1 May 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424643

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