Title :
Passive Q-switching of a Tm:BaY2F8 laser
Author :
Mateos, Xavier ; Veronesi, Stefano ; Haohai Yu ; Petrov, Valentin ; Parisi, Daniela ; Griebner, Uwe ; Tonelli, Mauro
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We report on passive Q-switching of a Tm-doped BaY2F8 (Tm:BYF) laser using Cr:ZnS saturable absorber achieving single pulse energies as high as 0.72 mJ, peak power exceeding 17 kW and pulse duration of 40 ns.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; Q-switching; barium compounds; chromium; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; thulium; wide band gap semiconductors; yttrium compounds; zinc compounds; BaY2F8:Tm; Cr:ZnS saturable absorber; Tm:BaY2F8 laser; ZnS:Cr; energy 0.72 mJ; laser power; passive Q-switching; pulse duration; single pulse energies; time 40 ns; Couplers; Crystals; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA