DocumentCode :
68568
Title :
Optical Bistability in a 
Microchip Laser
Author :
Shuo Han ; Haohai Yu ; Huaijin Zhang ; Yongguang Zhao ; Lijuan Chen ; Zhengping Wang ; Xinguang Xu
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Crystal Mater., Shandong Univ., Jinan, China
Volume :
25
Issue :
18
fYear :
2013
fDate :
Sept.15, 2013
Firstpage :
1785
Lastpage :
1788
Abstract :
Optical bistability was realized in a passively Q-switched Nd:Lu0.14Gd0.86VO4 microchip laser. The bistable operation range for the incident pump power was 5.9-7.3 W, and the jump output power at the turning point was 0.24 W. By using a four-level laser model with a saturable absorber and Fabry-Perot cavity, the calculated results agreed well with the experimental data.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; Q-switching; chromium; laser cavity resonators; lutetium compounds; microchip lasers; neodymium; optical bistability; optical saturable absorption; Fabry-Perot cavity; Lu0.14Gd0.86VO4:Nd-YAG:Cr; four level laser model; microchip laser; optical bistability; passively Q-switched laser; power 5.9 W to 7.3 W; saturable absorber; Crystals; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Microchip lasers; Optical bistability; Power generation; Pump lasers; ${rm Nd}{:}{rm Lu}_{01.4}{rm Gd}_{0.86}{rm VO}_{4}$
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2013.2275735
Filename :
6574229
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