Short-pulse actively Q-switched Er:YAG lasers
We report the shortest duration pulses obtained to date from an actively Q-switched Er:YAG laser pumped by a low spectral and spatial brightness laser diode. The 14.5 ns, 6 mJ pulses were obtained using a 1470 nm laser diode end-pumped co-planar folded zigzag slab architecture. We also present an an...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Optics express 2016-07, Vol.24 (14), p.15341-15350 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | We report the shortest duration pulses obtained to date from an actively Q-switched Er:YAG laser pumped by a low spectral and spatial brightness laser diode. The 14.5 ns, 6 mJ pulses were obtained using a 1470 nm laser diode end-pumped co-planar folded zigzag slab architecture. We also present an analytical model that accurately predicts the pulse energy-duration product achievable from virtually all Q-switched Er:YAG lasers and high repetition rate quasi-three-level Q-switched lasers in general. |
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| ISSN: | 1094-4087 1094-4087 |
| DOI: | 10.1364/OE.24.015341 |