Title :
Passively Q-switched Nd:YAG ceramic laser with GaAs saturable absorber
Author :
Xie, Guoqiang ; Tang, Dingyuan ; Kong, Jian ; Qian, Liejia
Abstract :
We have experimentally studied the passive Q-switching performance of a Nd:YAG ceramic laser with GaAs saturable absorber. Depending on the laser intensity in the GaAs wafer, the Q-switched laser showed much different performance. The shortest pulse obtained has 4.7 ns pulse width, 6.25 muJ pulse energy and 1.33 kW peak power.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Q-switching; gallium arsenide; laser beams; neodymium; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; GaAs; Q-switching; YAG:Nd; ceramic laser; energy 6.25 muJ; power 1.33 kW; saturable absorber; Absorption; Ceramics; Gallium arsenide; Laboratories; Laser beams; Laser theory; Lenses; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391698
