END-PUMPED YB-DOPED FLUORAPATITE LASER

Authors
SCHEPS R MYERS JF PAYNE SA
Citation
R. Scheps et al., END-PUMPED YB-DOPED FLUORAPATITE LASER, IEEE photonics technology letters, 5(11), 1993, pp. 1285-1288
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
5
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1285 - 1288
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1993)5:11<1285:EYFL>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
An ytterbium:fluorapatite (Yb:FAP) laser crystal is longitudinally pru mped using a Ti:sapphire laser emitting at 905 nn. The highest slope e fficiency obtained was 60.5%, and the maximum output power was 214 mW with a pump power of 438 mW. Repetitive Q-switching ass demonstrated f or the first time. The Q-switched average power was identical to the c ontinuous wave (CW) power at repetition rates exceeding 20 kHz, as is consistent with the 1.08-ms emission lifetime.