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Applied Optics

APPLICATIONS-CENTERED RESEARCH IN OPTICS

  • Editor: Joseph N. Mait
  • Vol. 50, Iss. 26 — Sep. 10, 2011
  • pp: 5099–5107

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Experimental and theoretical study of a laser-diode-pumped passively Q-switched intracavity-frequency-doubled Nd:GdVO4/KTP red laser with V:YAG saturable absorber

Chao Xu, Guiqiu Li, Shengzhi Zhao, Xin Li, Guolong Du, and Lei Yin  »View Author Affiliations


Applied Optics, Vol. 50, Issue 26, pp. 5099-5107 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.005099


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Abstract

A laser-diode-pumped passively Q-switched intracavity-frequency-doubled Nd: GdVO 4 / KTP red laser with V:YAG saturable absorber is realized in a V-type resonator. The dependences of the pulse repetition rate, pulse width, single-pulse energy, and peak power on the incident pump power are measured and contrasted. By assuming the intracavity photon density and the initial population-inversion density to be Gaussian spatial distributions, the space-dependent rate equations of this laser are given. The numerical solutions of the rate equations are consistent with the experimental results. In order to optimize the described system, the variations of the pulse width, peak power, single-pulse energy, and laser efficiency with the initial transmission of the saturable absorber and the ratio of the laser beam radius to the pump beam radius are also calculated, respectively.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3430) Lasers and laser optics : Laser theory
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.3530) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, neodymium
(140.3540) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Q-switched
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: March 15, 2011
Revised Manuscript: June 14, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: July 20, 2011
Published: September 6, 2011

Citation
Chao Xu, Guiqiu Li, Shengzhi Zhao, Xin Li, Guolong Du, and Lei Yin, "Experimental and theoretical study of a laser-diode-pumped passively Q-switched intracavity-frequency-doubled Nd:GdVO4/KTP red laser with V:YAG saturable absorber," Appl. Opt. 50, 5099-5107 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-50-26-5099

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