Broadband Cr:YSO solid-state saturable absorber for ruby, alexandrite, and Cr:LiCAF lasers: Numerical study on passive Q-switching performance

Yen Kuang Kuo; Jih Yuan Chang; Horng Min Chen

doi:10.1117/12.392192

Broadband Cr:YSO solid-state saturable absorber for ruby, alexandrite, and Cr:LiCAF lasers: Numerical study on passive Q-switching performance

Yen Kuang Kuo, Jih Yuan Chang, Horng Min Chen

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Abstract

The Cr:YSO solid-state crystal has broad absorption bands in visible and near infrared spectral region. Although Cr:YSO was originally developed for laser applications, our experiments and numerical simulations show that it can act as an effective saturable absorber Q switch for the ruby laser at 694.3 nm, for the tunable alexandrite laser from 700 to 818 nm, and for the tunable Cr:LiCAF laser from 725 to 840 nm. Since the Cr:YSO is a robust solid-state crystal, the durable Cr:YSO Q-switched solid-state laser systems may find various practical applications. In this paper, theory of passive Q-switching with solid-state saturable absorber is briefly reviewed. Details of the numerical simulation for the passively Q-switched solid-state laser systems are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	587-594
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4078
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.392192
Publication status	Published - 2000 Jan 1
Event	Optoelectronic Materials and Devices II - Taipei, Taiwan Duration: 2000 Jul 26 → 2000 Jul 28

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Broadband Cr:YSO solid-state saturable absorber for ruby, alexandrite, and Cr:LiCAF lasers : Numerical study on passive Q-switching performance. / Kuo, Yen Kuang ; Chang, Jih Yuan; Chen, Horng Min.

In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 4078, 01.01.2000, p. 587-594.

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