V-YAG - A NEW PASSIVE Q-SWITCH FOR DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASERS

Authors
MALYAREVICH AM DENISOV IA YUMASHEV KV MIKHAILOV VP CONROY RS SINCLAIR BD
Citation
Am. Malyarevich et al., V-YAG - A NEW PASSIVE Q-SWITCH FOR DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASERS, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 67(5), 1998, pp. 555-558
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
67
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
555 - 558
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1998)67:5<555:V-ANPQ>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We present the first use of V:YAG as a passive Q-switch for diode-pump ed solid-state lasers. The ground- and excited-state absorption cross sections of V:YAG were measured to be sigma(gsa) = 3.0 x 10(-18) cm(2) and sigma(esa) = 1.4 x 10(-19) cm(2) at 1064 nm, and sigma(gsa) = 7.2 x 10(-18) cm(2) and sigma(esa) =7.4 x 10(-19) cm(2) at 1342 nm. Q-swi tched operation was demonstrated at 1064 nm and 1342 nm from a Nd:YVO4 microchip laser, producing pulses as short as 9.3 ns at 1342 nm with peak powers of 350 W.