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- Title
Q-switched operation of an in-band-pumped Ho:LuAG laser with kilohertz pulse repetition frequency.
- Authors
Yao, B.-Q.; Duan, X.-M.; Ke, L.; Ju, Y.-L.; Wang, Y.-Z.; Zhao, G.-J.
- Abstract
We report continuous-wave (CW) and repetitively Q-switched operation of an in-band-pumped Ho:LuAG laser at room temperature. End-pumped by a Tm:YLF solid-state laser with emission wavelength of 1.91 μm, the CW Ho:LuAG laser generated 5.4-W output at 2100.7 nm with beam quality factor of M2∼1.03 for an incident pump power of 14.1 W, corresponding to slope efficiency of 67% with respect to absorbed pump power. Up to 1.5-mJ energy per pulse at pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of 3 kHz and 4.5-W average power with FWHM pulse width of 28 ns at 5 kHz were demonstrated in repetitively Q-switched operation.
- Subjects
LASERS; QUALITY factor meters; WAVELENGTHS; LASER beams; SOLID-state lasers
- Publication
Applied Physics B: Lasers & Optics, 2010, Vol 98, Issue 2/3, p311
- ISSN
0946-2171
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00340-009-3747-x