Passive Q switching and self-frequency Raman conversion in a diode-pumped Yb:KGd(WO4)2 laser

TY - JOUR

T1 - Passive Q switching and self-frequency Raman conversion in a diode-pumped Yb:KGd(WO4)2 laser

AU - Lagatsky, A. A.

AU - Abdolvand, A.

AU - Kuleshov, N. V.

PY - 2000

Y1 - 2000

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1364/OL.25.000616

DO - 10.1364/OL.25.000616

M3 - Article

SN - 0146-9592

VL - 25

SP - 616

EP - 618

JO - Optics Letters

JF - Optics Letters

IS - 9

ER -