INTRACAVITY FREQUENCY-DOUBLING OF A ND-YAG LASER PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHEDWITH GAAS

Authors
KAJAVA TT GAETA AL
Citation
Tt. Kajava et Al. Gaeta, INTRACAVITY FREQUENCY-DOUBLING OF A ND-YAG LASER PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHEDWITH GAAS, Optics communications, 137(1-3), 1997, pp. 93-97
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
137
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
93 - 97
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1997)137:1-3<93:IFOANL>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A simple and compact all-solid-state green-pulse laser source is descr ibed. A diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser is Q-switched by a GaAs saturable ab sorber and intra-cavity frequency-doubled by a KTP crystal. At 3.7 W o f pump power the device produces high-quality 20.5-mu J, 25-ns pulses at a pulse repetition rate of 12 kHz. The dynamics of the pulse format ion is described by rate equations and an energy-level model which acc ounts for the various energy-transfer processes in GaAs.