End-pumped Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser

Ian Elder; David Legge; James Beedell

doi:10.1117/12.688749

5 October 2006 End-pumped Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ laser

Ian Elder, David Legge, James Beedell

Proceedings Volume 6397, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures III; 639705 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.688749
Event: Optics/Photonics in Security and Defence, 2006, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

A laser diode end-pumped Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ laser operating over a 25% to 100% duty cycle range has been built and characterised. A maximum average output power of 24.5 W has been achieved at an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 43%, with a beam quality factor M² of 1.1.

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Ian Elder, David Legge, and James Beedell "End-pumped Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ laser", Proc. SPIE 6397, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures III, 639705 (5 October 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.688749

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