DocumentCode
3057590
Title
Efficient high-energy pulsed pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YLF/Cr4+:YAG UV laser at 351 nm with a nearly hemispherical cavity
Author
Yu-Jen Huang ; Cheng-Yu Tang ; Kuan-Wei Su ; Yung-Fu Chen
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electrophys., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
fYear
2013
fDate
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We utilize a nearly hemispherical cavity to develop a pulsed pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YLF/Cr4+:YAG UV laser. The pulse energy and peak power at 351 nm are efficiently generated to be 360 μJ and 44.1 kW.
Keywords
Q-switching; chromium; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; ultraviolet sources; yttrium compounds; YLF:Nd-YAG:Cr; energy 360 muJ; hemispherical cavity; high-energy pulsed pumped passively Q-switched UV laser; power 44.1 kW; pulse energy; pulse power; wavelength 351 nm; Cavity resonators; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
Kyoto
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600153
Filename
6600153
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