HO-YVO4 SOLID-STATE SATURABLE-ABSORBER Q-SWITCH FOR A 2-MU-M TM,CT-Y3AL5O12 LASER

Authors
KUO YK BIRNBAUM M
Citation
Yk. Kuo et M. Birnbaum, HO-YVO4 SOLID-STATE SATURABLE-ABSORBER Q-SWITCH FOR A 2-MU-M TM,CT-Y3AL5O12 LASER, Applied optics, 35(6), 1996, pp. 881-884
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
35
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
881 - 884
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1996)35:6<881:HSSQFA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The holmium-doped yttrium orthovanadate (Ho:YVO4) crystal was shown to be an effective solid-state saturable-absorber Q switch for a flash-l amp-pumped Tm,Cr:Y3Al5O12 laser operating at 2.017 mu m. A single Q-sw itched laser pulse of 3.5 mJ in energy and 45 ns in duration was obser ved with a 1-mm-thick 4% Ho:YVO4 solid-state saturable absorber, which was grown with the high-temperature-solution-growth method. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America