Continuous-wave operation and Q-switched mode locking of Cr4+: YAG microchip lasers

Authors
Schibli, TR Kremp, T Morgner, U Kartner, FX Butendeich, R Schwarz, J Schweizer, H Scholz, F Hetzler, J Wegener, M
Citation
Tr. Schibli et al., Continuous-wave operation and Q-switched mode locking of Cr4+: YAG microchip lasers, OPTICS LETT, 26(12), 2001, pp. 941-943
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
12
Year of publication
2001
Pages
941 - 943
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20010615)26:12<941:COAQML>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Cw-operation, gain-switched, and passively Q-switched mode lacking of Cr4+: YAG microchip lasers with output powers of several hundred milliwatts is de monstrated experimentally in the eye-safe region near 1.5 mum. Requirements for cw mode locking of such lasers are investigated by numerical simulatio ns. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America