Quasi-continuously pumped operation of 2.4% doped crystalline Nd:YAG in a bounce geometry

Václav Kubeček; Michal Jelínek; Miroslav Čech; Petr Hiršl

doi:10.1117/12.807818

27 February 2009 Quasi-continuously pumped operation of 2.4% doped crystalline Nd:YAG in a bounce geometry

Václav Kubeček, Michal Jelínek, Miroslav Čech, Petr Hiršl

Proceedings Volume 7193, Solid State Lasers XVIII: Technology and Devices; 719320 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807818
Event: SPIE LASE: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We report on efficient operation of highly doped 2.4 at. % crystalline Czochralski grown Nd:YAG at 1.06μm, 1.3μm and 1.4μm in a diode pumped bounce amplifier configuration under quasi-continuous pumping. At wavelength of 1064nm the linearly polarized pulses with energy of 16.8 mJ in free running regime with repetition rate of 10 Hz (optical to optical efficiency of 44.6 % and slope efficiency of 50%) and 1 mJ in passively Q-switched regime with pulse duration of 6.4 ns were generated.The passively Q switched operation at 1.3μm was also demonstrated.

Citation Download Citation

Václav Kubeček, Michal Jelínek, Miroslav Čech, and Petr Hiršl "Quasi-continuously pumped operation of 2.4% doped crystalline Nd:YAG in a bounce geometry", Proc. SPIE 7193, Solid State Lasers XVIII: Technology and Devices, 719320 (27 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807818

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available