High pulse energy passive Q-switching of a diode-pumped Tm:YLF laser by Cr:ZnSe

Autor:	Eran Shalom, Gilad Marcus, Arik Korenfeld, Salman Noach, Udi Ben-Ami, Daniel Sebbag
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Materials science Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) business.industry Pulse duration Saturable absorption Laser Q-switching law.invention Power (physics) Optics Transmission (telecommunications) law Pulse energy business Instrumentation Diode
Zdroj:	Laser Physics Letters. 12:045804
ISSN:	1612-202X 1612-2011
DOI:	10.1088/1612-2011/12/4/045804
Popis:	A passively Q-switched diode-pumped Tm:YLF laser with polycrystalline Cr:ZnSe as the saturable absorber is demonstrated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. By using saturable absorbers with different initial transmission, the maximum pulse energy reached 4.22 mJ with peak power of 162.3 kW for a pulse duration of 26 ns. The maximum output average power amounted to 2.2 W. These results constitute significant improvement from the highest average power, pulse energy and peak power results for the PQS Tm:YLF laser to date.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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