COMPACT, MAGNETOOPTIC Q-SWITCHED, NEODYMIUM-DOPED BISMUTH GERMINATE CRYSTAL (ND-BGO) LASER-PUMPED BY A LASER-DIODE

Authors
ZHOU FZ HU WT CHEN YM LI ZS SHEN LQ FAN XQ HU GQ YIN ZW
Citation
Fz. Zhou et al., COMPACT, MAGNETOOPTIC Q-SWITCHED, NEODYMIUM-DOPED BISMUTH GERMINATE CRYSTAL (ND-BGO) LASER-PUMPED BY A LASER-DIODE, Applied optics, 34(21), 1995, pp. 4266-4268
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
34
Issue
21
Year of publication
1995
Pages
4266 - 4268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1995)34:21<4266:CMQNBG>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The magneto-optic Q-switched operation of a neodymium-doped bismuth ge rminate crystal (Nd:BGO) laser that is end pumped by a cw 500-mW laser diode is reported. The crystal is a new host for Nd lasers. Here it a cts as a magneto-optic modulator as well as a laser medium. A pulse en ergy of 2 mu J with a FWHM of 100 ns has been obtained. The device ope rates at a repetition rate of 1 kHz, and the fluctuation of the shot-t o-shot intensity is less than +/- 1%.