Three-level Q-switched laser operation of ytterbium-doped Sr5(PO4)3F at 985 nm
Optics Letters, Vol. 25, Issue 9, pp. 622-624 (2000)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.25.000622
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Abstract
Ytterbium-doped Sr5(PO4)3F was successfully lased at 985 nm in quasi-cw mode with a slope efficiency of 74% and an absorbed threshold energy of 18 mJ. Q-switched slope efficiencies of 21% were obtained with a maximum energy of 9.4 mJ in 8.8-ns pulses.
OCIS Codes
(140.3380) Lasers and laser optics : Laser materials
(140.3410) Lasers and laser optics : Laser resonators
(140.3540) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Q-switched
(140.5680) Lasers and laser optics : Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers
Citation
A. J. Bayramian, C. Bibeau, R. J. Beach, C. D. Marshall, S. A. Payne, and W. F. Krupke, "Three-level Q-switched laser operation of ytterbium-doped Sr5(PO4)3F at 985 nm," Opt. Lett. 25, 622-624 (2000)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-25-9-622
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