Title :
Passive Q-switching at 1645 nm of Er:YAG laser with Co:MALO saturable absorber
Author :
Michal Němec;Helena Jelínková;Jan Šulc;Karel Nejezchleb;Václav Škoda
Author_Institution :
Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
Passively Q-switched 1645 nm Er:YAG laser resonantly pumped by 1535 nm En:glass laser radiation was designed and constructed. The eye-safe laser system was Q-switched by saturable absorber Co2+:MgAl2O4 and the giant pulses with 58 ns duration and 1.6 mJ energy were generated.
Keywords :
"Laser excitation","Pump lasers","Crystals","Measurement by laser beam","Laser beams","Mirrors","Optical resonators"
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193866