High average power 1314 nm Nd:YLF laser, passively Q-switched with V:YAG

R. C. Botha; H. J. Strauss; C. Bollig; W. Koen; O. Collett; N. V. Kuleshov; Daniel Esser; W. L. Combrinck; H. M. von Bergmann

doi:10.1364/OL.38.000980

High average power 1314 nm Nd:YLF laser, passively Q-switched with V:YAG

R. C. Botha^*
, H. J. Strauss
, C. Bollig
, W. Koen
, O. Collett
, N. V. Kuleshov
, Daniel Esser
, W. L. Combrinck
, H. M. von Bergmann

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A 1314 nm Nd:YLF laser was designed and operated both CW and passively Q-switched. Maximum CW output of 10.4 W resulted from 45.2 W of incident pump power. Passive Q-switching was obtained by inserting a V:YAG saturable absorber in the cavity. The oscillator delivered a maximum of 825 mu J energy per pulse, with a pulse duration of 135 ns at a pulse repetition frequency of 6.3 kHz, effectively delivering 5.2 W of average power. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	980-982
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	38
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.000980
Publication status	Published - 15 Mar 2013

Keywords

YAG SATURABLE ABSORBER
1.34-MU-M
GENERATION
V-YAG
SOLID-STATE LASERS
OPTICAL-ABSORPTION
1.3 MU-M
ND-YLF LASER
CRYSTALS
UP-CONVERSION

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High average power 1314 nm Nd:YLF laser, passively Q-switched with V:YAG

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