Diode end-pumped passively Q-switched Nd : YAG laser intra-cavity frequency doubled by LBO crystal

Authors
Pavel, N Saikawa, J Taira, T
Citation
N. Pavel et al., Diode end-pumped passively Q-switched Nd : YAG laser intra-cavity frequency doubled by LBO crystal, OPT COMMUN, 195(1-4), 2001, pp. 233-240
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
195
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
233 - 240
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(20010801)195:1-4<233:DEPQN:>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A diode end-pumped Nd:YAG laser, passively Q-switched by a Cr4+ :YAG medium as saturable absorber and intracavity frequency doubled employing a LBO cr ystal is described. The device produces 532-nm wavelength pulses of 226-muJ energy, 86-ns width and 4.2-kHz repetition rate, with a laser beam of M-2 = 1.8. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.