High-peak-power flashlamp-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with AlGaInAs quantum wells as a saturable absorber

H. C. Liang; J. Y. Huang; S. C. Huang; K. W. Su; Y. F. Chen; K. F. Huang

doi:10.1117/12.763052

13 March 2008 High-peak-power flashlamp-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with AlGaInAs quantum wells as a saturable absorber

H. C. Liang, J. Y. Huang, S. C. Huang, K. W. Su, Y. F. Chen, K. F. Huang

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Proceedings Volume 6871, Solid State Lasers XVII: Technology and Devices; 68712M (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.763052
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate an AlGaInAs saturable absorber with a periodic quantum wells (QWs)/barrier structure that can be used to achieve an efficient high-peak-power and high-pulse-energy passively flashlamp-pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 1.06 um. The barrier layers are designed to locate the QW groups in the region of the nodes of the lasing standing wave to avoid damage. With an incident pump voltage of 14.5 J, a single pulse was generated with a pulse energy of 14 mJ and a Q-switched pulse width of 13 ns. The maximum peak power was greater than 1.08 MW.

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H. C. Liang, J. Y. Huang, S. C. Huang, K. W. Su, Y. F. Chen, and K. F. Huang "High-peak-power flashlamp-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with AlGaInAs quantum wells as a saturable absorber", Proc. SPIE 6871, Solid State Lasers XVII: Technology and Devices, 68712M (13 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.763052

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