Passively Q-switched self-frequency doubling Nd3+: Ca4GdO(BO3)(3) laser with Cr4+: YAG saturable absorber

Authors
Zhao, SZ Zhang, XY Wang, QP Zheng, JA Zhang, QD Zhang, SJ Sun, LK Chen, HC
Citation
Sz. Zhao et al., Passively Q-switched self-frequency doubling Nd3+: Ca4GdO(BO3)(3) laser with Cr4+: YAG saturable absorber, OPT LASER T, 33(5), 2001, pp. 321-324
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
00303992 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
321 - 324
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-3992(200107)33:5<321:PQSDNC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Nd3+:Ca4GdO(BO3)(3), known as Nd:GdCOB, is a new self-frequency doubling la ser crystal. Using Cr4+:YAG as passive Q-switch, we have realized the Q-swi tched laser running at 0.53 mum with an Nd:GdCOB crystal. Meanwhile, the pu lse width, the single pulse energy and the repetition rate under different small-signal transmission of Cr4+:YAG and different pump conditions are mea sured and the numerical solutions of the coupling wave rate equations agree with the experimental results. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights r eserved.