• DocumentCode
    3012928
  • Title

    Highly efficient Q-switched Ho:YLF laser pumped by Tm:fiber laser

  • Author

    Bai, Yingxin ; Yu, Jirong ; Petros, M. ; Petzar, Paul ; Trieu, Bo ; Lee, Hyung ; Singh, U.

  • Author_Institution
    Sci. Syst. & Applic. Inc, Hampton
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A highly efficient Q-switched Ho:YLF laser pumped by a Tm:fiber laser has been designed and demonstrated. When the pump power is 30 W, the pulse energy is 30 mJ at the repetition rate of 100 Hz.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; holmium; laser beams; lithium compounds; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YLF:Ho; energy 30 mJ; highly efficient Q-switched laser design; power 30 W; thulium doped fiber laser pumping source; Absorption; Fiber lasers; Laser ablation; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453046
  • Filename
    4453046