Title :
Intra-cavity frequency doubling of a Nd:YAG laser passively Q-switched by Cr/sup 4+/:YAG saturable absorber
Author :
Pavel, N. ; Saikawa, J. ; Kurimura, S. ; Shoji, I. ; Taira, T.
Author_Institution :
Laser Res. Center, Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We report a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser which was passively Q-switched by a Cr/sup 4+/:YAG saturable absorber (SA), and intra-cavity frequency doubled by a LiB/sub 3/O/sub 5/ crystal. The maximum green average power was 1.0 W, with the laser operating at 3.8 kHz repetition frequency.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; 1.0 W; Cr/sup 4+/:YAG saturable absorber; LBO crystal; LiB/sub 3/O/sub 5/; LiB/sub 3/O/sub 5/ crystal; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Cr/sup 4+/; YAl5O12:Cr; diode-pumped; intra-cavity frequency doubling; maximum green average power; passively Q-switched; peak power; pulse energy; repetition frequency; Chromium; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Thermal lensing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-662-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.947670
