Output characteristics of diode-end-pumped electro-optically Q-switched Nd:LuVO4 laser at 1064 nm

Weifang Zhao; Ling Zhang; Haijuan Yu; Yaoyao Qi; Chaojian He; Jingyuan Zhang; Xuechun Lin

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.6.066103

2 June 2016 Output characteristics of diode-end-pumped electro-optically Q-switched Nd:LuVO₄ laser at 1064 nm

Weifang Zhao, Ling Zhang, Haijuan Yu, Yaoyao Qi, Chaojian He, Jingyuan Zhang, Xuechun Lin

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 6, 066103 (June 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.6.066103

Abstract

We demonstrated a Q-switched Nd:LuVO₄ laser with fundamental mode at 1064 nm using BaB2O4 electro-optic Q-switching. High-efficiency operation of Q-switched laser with dynamic to static ratio of 91.4% was realized. When the absorbed pump power was 6.59 W, the maximum average output power of 2.88 W was achieved with a repetition rate of 50 kHz. The optical conversion efficiency and slope efficiency were 43.7% and 55.5%, respectively. The minimum pulse width of 17.8 ns was achieved. Meanwhile, the pulse energy and peak power were 57.6 μJ and 3.2 kW, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to demonstrate about the electro-optically Q-switched laser in Nd:LuVO₄ crystal.

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Weifang Zhao, Ling Zhang, Haijuan Yu, Yaoyao Qi, Chaojian He, Jingyuan Zhang, and Xuechun Lin "Output characteristics of diode-end-pumped electro-optically Q-switched Nd:LuVO₄ laser at 1064 nm," Optical Engineering 55(6), 066103 (2 June 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.6.066103

Published: 2 June 2016

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