A high-power passively Q-switched monolithic solid-state laser

Author

Gao, Xin ; Ohashi, Hiroyuki ; Saito, Masayuki ; Okamoto, Hiroshi ; Shinoda, Kazunori ; Shibayama, Katsumi ; Warashina, Yoshihisa ; Yamamoto, Koei

Author_Institution

Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A passively Q-switched monolithic solid-state laser with a crystal of Nd:YAG+Cr:YAG bonded at room temperature and a fiber-coupled LD stack was developed. 12 mJ output with 50 Hz and 2.3 ns pulse width was achieved.

Keywords

Q-switching; chromium; laser beams; neodymium; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YAG:Cr; YAG:Nd; energy 12 mJ; fiber-coupled LD stack; high-power passively Q-switched laser; laser pulse width; monolithic solid-state laser; temperature 293 K to 298 K; time 2.3 ns; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Microchip lasers; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Solid lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Surface emitting lasers; (140.0140) Lasers and laser optics; (140.2010) Diode laser arrays; (140.3300) Laser beam shaping; (140.3480) Lasers, diode-pumped; (140.3540) Lasers, Q-switched;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225835