Passively Q-switched self-frequency-doubled Nd3+:GdCa4O(BO3)3 laser
JOSA B, Vol. 18, Issue 6, pp. 770-779 (2001)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.18.000770
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Abstract
The performance of a flash-lamp-pumped self-frequency-doubled Nd3+:GdCa4O(BO3)3 (Nd:GdCOB) laser that is passively Q switched with Cr4+:YAG saturable absorbers is demonstrated. The maximum 0.53-μm pulse energy obtained is 2.6 mJ, and the maximum peak intensity is 15 MW/cm2. The dependence of the pulse characteristics on the orientation of the saturable absorber and on the cavity length is measured. Meanwhile, the transversal distribution of the intracavity photon density is taken into account in the rate equations for an intracavity frequency-doubled passively Q-switched laser, and the solutions are used to account for the behavior of the passively Q-switched Nd:GdCOB laser.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(140.3380) Lasers and laser optics : Laser materials
(140.3430) Lasers and laser optics : Laser theory
(140.3460) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers
(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
Citation
Xingyu Zhang, Shengzhi Zhao, Qingpu Wang, Shujun Zhang, Lianke Sun, Xunmin Liu, Shaojun Zhang, and Huanchu Chen, "Passively Q-switched self-frequency-doubled Nd3+:GdCa4O(BO3)3 laser," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 18, 770-779 (2001)
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