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  • Editor: Alan E. Willner
  • Vol. 38, Iss. 6 — Mar. 15, 2013
  • pp: 938–940

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Passively Q-switched diode-pumped Er:YAG solid-state laser

Adrien Aubourg, Julien Didierjean, Nicolas Aubry, François Balembois, and Patrick Georges  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 38, Issue 6, pp. 938-940 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.000938


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Abstract

We demonstrated laser operation of a passively Q-switched diode-pumped Er:YAG solid-state laser emitting at 1645 or 1617 nm depending on the initial transmission of the Cr:ZnSe saturable absorber. The crystal emitted up to 10 W at 1645 nm and up to 8 W at 1617 nm in CW mode while pumped with 65 W of incident pump power at 1533 nm. In passive Q-switched mode with 40 W of incident power, a Cr:ZnSe saturable absorber with initial transmission of 85% led to 330 μJ pulse energy, 61 ns pulse duration at a repetition rate of 1460 Hz at 1645 nm. An 80% initial transmission Cr:ZnSe sample led to 510 μJ energy pulses, 41 ns pulse duration at a repetition rate of 820 Hz with a central wavelength change from 1645 to 1617 nm. This is the first reported passively Q-switched diode-pumped Er:YAG laser operating on the I13/24→I15/24 transition.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3070) Lasers and laser optics : Infrared and far-infrared lasers
(140.3500) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, erbium
(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: January 10, 2013
Revised Manuscript: February 4, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: February 4, 2013
Published: March 13, 2013

Citation
Adrien Aubourg, Julien Didierjean, Nicolas Aubry, François Balembois, and Patrick Georges, "Passively Q-switched diode-pumped Er:YAG solid-state laser," Opt. Lett. 38, 938-940 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-38-6-938

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