• DocumentCode
    521126
  • Title

    Q-switching of Pr3+-doped LiYF4 visible lasers pumped by a high-power GaN diode laser

  • Author

    Kojou, Junichiro ; Watanabe, Yojiro ; Kojima, Yosuke ; Agrawal, Priyanka ; Kannari, Fumihiko

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Q-switching of a Pr:LiYF4 laser at three visible wavelenghths pumped by a high-power GaN laser diode is demonstrated. The highest laser peak power of 79 W with a pulsewidth of 50 ns is obtained for 639 nm at 7.7 kHz.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; lithium compounds; optical pumping; praseodymium; solid lasers; LiYF4:Pr; high power diode laser; laser Q-switching; power 79 W; time 50 ps; visible laser; wavelength 639 nm; Diode lasers; Gallium nitride; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Lenses; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse width modulation; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500735