Title :
Passive Q-switching of the Cr,Tm,Ho:YAG 2.09-/spl mu/m laser with a Cr/sup 2+/:Cd/sub 0.55/Mn/sub 0.45/Te solid-state saturable absorber
Author :
Podlipensky, A.V. ; Kuleshov, N.V. ; Levchenko, V.I. ; Yakimovich, V.N.
Author_Institution :
Int. Laser Center, Minsk, Russia
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Passive Q-switching of the solid-state lasers with saturable absorbers has attracted much attention in the recent years. However, very few solid-state saturable absorbers were reported for the 2-/spl mu/m solid-state lasers. The work is dedicated to an investigation of Cr/sup 2+/:Cd/sub 0.55/Mn/sub 0.45/Te crystals as saturable absorber Q-switches for Cr,Tm,Ho:YAG 2.09 /spl mu/m laser.
Keywords :
Q-switching; cadmium compounds; chromium; holmium; laser beams; laser transitions; manganese compounds; optical materials; optical saturable absorption; semimagnetic semiconductors; solid lasers; thulium; 2.09 mum; Cd/sub 0.55/Mn/sub 0.45/Te:Cr; Cr,Tm,Ho:YAG laser; Cr/sup 2+/:Cd/sub 0.55/Mn/sub 0.45/Te solid-state saturable absorber; YAG:Cr,Tm,Ho; YAl5O12:Cr,Tm,Ho; passive Q-switching; saturable absorber; saturable absorber Q-switches; saturable absorbers; solid-state lasers; solid-state saturable absorbers; Chromium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.907241
