Diode-pumped, self-stimulating, passively Q-switched Nd3+: PbWO4 Raman laser

Authors
Chen, WB Inagawa, Y Omatsu, T Tateda, M Takeuchi, N Usuki, Y
Citation
Wb. Chen et al., Diode-pumped, self-stimulating, passively Q-switched Nd3+: PbWO4 Raman laser, OPT COMMUN, 194(4-6), 2001, pp. 401-407
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
194
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
401 - 407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(20010715)194:4-6<401:DSPQNP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A laser diode transversely pumped compact, passively Q-switched, self-stimu lating Nd3+:PbWO4/Cr4+ :YAG Raman laser is proposed. With 4.5 mJ diode pump ing, fundamental and Raman output energies of 2 and 2.5 muJ have been obtai ned simultaneously at 1.058 and 1.17 mum, respectively. The frequency conve rsion efficiency is estimated to be 56%. The Raman pulse width of 8 ns is 4 0% of the fundamental laser pulse width of 20 ns. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.