Three-level Q-switched laser operation of ytterbium-doped Sr-5(PO4)(3)F at985 nm

Authors
Bayramian, AJ Bibeau, C Beach, RJ Marshall, CD Payne, SA Krupke, WF
Citation
Aj. Bayramian et al., Three-level Q-switched laser operation of ytterbium-doped Sr-5(PO4)(3)F at985 nm, OPTICS LETT, 25(9), 2000, pp. 622-624
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
622 - 624
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20000501)25:9<622:TQLOOY>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Ytterbium-doped Sr-5(PO4)(3)F was successfully lased at 985 nm in quasi-cw mode with a slope efficiency of 74% and an absorbed threshold energy of 18 mJ. Q-switched slope efficiencies of 21% were obtained with a maximum energ y of 9.4 mJ in 8.8-ns pulses.