Title :
Passive Q-switching of a Tm: YLF laser
Author :
Faoro, Raffaele ; Kadankov, Martin ; Parisi, Daniela ; Veronesi, Stefano ; Tonelli, Mauro ; Petrov, Valentin ; Griebner, Uwe ; Segura, Martha ; Mateos, Xavier
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Stable passive Q-switching of a Tm:LiYF4 laser using polycrystalline Cr2+:ZnS saturable absorbers is demonstrated reaching pulse energies of 0.9 mJ and peak powers of 65 kW in 14-ns long pulses at ~1.9 μm.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; Q-switching; chromium; laser stability; lithium compounds; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; thulium; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; YLF:Tm; ZnS:Cr; energy 0.9 mJ; laser powers; polycrystalline saturable absorbers; power 65 kW; pulse energies; stable passive Q-switching; time 14 ns; wavelength 1.9 mum; Crystals; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
