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3 March 2011 Passively Q-switched quasi-continuously pumped 2.4% Nd:YAG laser in a bounce geometry
Michal Jelínek, Václav Kubeček, Miroslav Čech, Petr Hiršl
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We report on quasi-continuously pumped laser based on highly 2.4 at.% doped crystalline Nd:YAG in a bounce geometry passively Q-switched by a Cr:YAG and V:YAG saturable absorber respectively. The optimization of laser parameters and successive pulse amplification in the second Nd:YAG crystal led to efficient linearly polarized operation. At 1.06 μm the oscillator 5 ns long output pulse with energy of 1.3 mJ was further amplified to 3.5 mJ. At 1.3 μm the 13 ns long output pulse with energy of 600 μJ was amplified to 800 μJ in single pass.
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Michal Jelínek, Václav Kubeček, Miroslav Čech, and Petr Hiršl "Passively Q-switched quasi-continuously pumped 2.4% Nd:YAG laser in a bounce geometry", Proc. SPIE 7912, Solid State Lasers XX: Technology and Devices, 791221 (3 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873756
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KEYWORDS
Nd:YAG lasers

Crystals

Oscillators

Laser crystals

Optical amplifiers

Pulsed laser operation

Q switched lasers

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