Title :
Power scaling and Q-switched operation of a Pr3+doped YLF laser pumped by four high power InGaN-Blue-LDs
Author :
Kodai Iijima;Ryosuke Kariyama;Hiroki Tanaka;Kenichi Hirosawa;Fumihiko Kannari
Author_Institution :
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Keio University, 3-14-1, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 2.9-W cw Pr3+:YLF laser at 640 nm by pumping with four InGaN blue LDs. This laser is further extended to passive and active Q-switching operation using Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber and acousto-optic modulator, respectively.
Keywords :
"Crystals","Laser excitation","Cavity resonators","Power generation","Mirrors","Modulation","Laser beams"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015 11th Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2015.7375821