Performance of pulsed Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO4 lasers end-pumped by 1-cm quasi-cw laser diode bar

Jan Karol Jabczynski; Waldemar Zendzian; Jacek Janucki

doi:10.1117/12.238091

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11 April 1996 Performance of pulsed Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO₄ lasers end-pumped by 1-cm quasi-cw laser diode bar

Jan Karol Jabczynski, Waldemar Zendzian, Jacek Janucki

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Proceedings Volume 2772, Laser Optics '95: Solid State Lasers; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238091
Event: Laser Optics '95, 1995, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

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The 3 mJ output energy for Nd:YAG, 1.6 mJ for Nd:YVO₄ were obtained in free running mode. Above 170 kW peak power in 5.6 ns pulse duration was achieved in electrooptic Q- switched Nd:YVO₄ laser. The lower threshold, near diffraction limited output, shorter cavity length advantage Nd:YVO₄ for low energy, high pulse power applications.

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Jan Karol Jabczynski, Waldemar Zendzian, and Jacek Janucki "Performance of pulsed Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO₄ lasers end-pumped by 1-cm quasi-cw laser diode bar", Proc. SPIE 2772, Laser Optics '95: Solid State Lasers, (11 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238091

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