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| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 3 |
| Pages | 616-618 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Journal publication date | 2000 |
| Journal number | 9 |
| Volume | 25 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published |
We report on the laser performance of a diode-pumped Yb:KGd(WO4)(2) laser that is passively Q switched with a Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber. Raman conversion of fundamental laser emission in the laser crystal was demonstrated. Q-switched 3.4-mu J pulses with a pulse width of 85 ns were obtained at the 1033-nm fundamental wavelength and 0.4-mu J pulses with a pulse width of 20 ns were produced in a first Stokes at 1139 nm. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America.