Glass doped with PbS quantum dots for passive Q switching of a 1.54-mu m laser

Authors
Malyarevich, AM Denisov, IA Savitsky, VG Yumashev, KV Lipovskii, AA
Citation
Am. Malyarevich et al., Glass doped with PbS quantum dots for passive Q switching of a 1.54-mu m laser, APPL OPTICS, 39(24), 2000, pp. 4345-4347
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
00036935 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
24
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4345 - 4347
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(20000820)39:24<4345:GDWPQD>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
By using a PbS-doped phosphate glass as an intracavity saturable absorber, we achieved passive Q switching of a 1.54-mu m Er:Yb:glass laser. We obtain ed Q-switched pulses with 110-ns duration and 0.2-mJ energy. The saturation intensity at 1.54 mu m was estimated to be similar to 60 kW/cm(2). (C) 200 0 Optical Society of America. OCIS codes: 140.3540, 160.2750, 160.6000.