CR4-SWITCH FOR THE CR3+LICAALF6 LASER(GD3SC2GA3O12 PASSIVE Q)

Authors
KUO YK YANG Y BIRNBAUM M
Citation
Yk. Kuo et al., CR4-SWITCH FOR THE CR3+LICAALF6 LASER(GD3SC2GA3O12 PASSIVE Q), Applied physics letters, 64(18), 1994, pp. 2329-2331
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
64
Issue
18
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2329 - 2331
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1994)64:18<2329:CFTCLP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A Cr4+:Gd3Sc2Ga3O12 (Cr4+:GSGG) broad-band saturable absorber has been demonstrated to be an excellent passive Q-switch for the flashlamp-pu mped tunable Cr3+:LiCaAlF6 (Cr:LiCAF) laser at room temperature. A sin gle Q-switched laser output pulse of 11 mJ in energy and 37 ns in dura tion at 778 nm was obtained in a nonoptimized laser.