Abstract
A 1314 nm Nd:YLF laser was designed and operated both CW and passively -switched. Maximum CW output of 10.4 W resulted from 45.2 W of incident pump power. Passive -switching was obtained by inserting a V:YAG saturable absorber in the cavity. The oscillator delivered a maximum of 825 μJ 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.
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