Title :
Continuous-wave and Passively Q-switched c-cut Nd:CaYAlO4 Laser at 1.08 µm
Author :
Chen, Lijuan ; Wang, Zhengping ; Yu, Haohai ; Zhuang, Shidong ; Zhao, Yongguang ; Guo, Lei ; Sun, Xun ; Xu, Xinguang ; Xu, Xiaodong ; Li, Dongzhen ; Xu, Jun
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Crystal Mater., Shandong Univ., Jinan, China
Abstract :
We demonstrated an efficient high-power continuous-wave (cw) and passively Q-switched disordered c-cut Nd:CaYAlO4 laser at 1.08 um. Continuous-wave output power of 3.26 W was obtained with an optical conversion efficiency of 25.9% and a slope efficiency of 28.5%. In the passive Q-switching operation, the highest average output power, the shortest pulse width, largest pulse energy and highest peak power were achieved to be 2.61 W, 11.37 ns, 45.5 μJ and 2.43 kW, respectively, with Cr4+:YAG crystal as the saturable absorber.
Keywords :
Q-switching; calcium compounds; chromium; neodymium; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; CaYAlO4:Nd; YAG:Cr; continuous-wave output power; energy 45.5 muJ; high-power continuous-wave Q-switched disordered c-cut laser; optical conversion efficiency; passively Q-switched disordered c-cut laser; power 2.43 kW; power 2.61 W; power 3.26 W; pulse energy; pulse width; saturable absorber; slope efficiency; time 11.37 ns; wavelength 1.08 mum; Crystals; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; 1.08 ?m; Nd:CaYAlO4; efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Control and Electronics Engineering (ICICEE), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1450-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICICEE.2012.131
