Tunable passive Q-switching of the Cr: LiCaAlF6 laser with a broad-band Cr4+:Y2SiO5 solid-state saturable absorber

Yen-Kuang Kuo; Man-Fang Huang; Milton Birnbaum

Tunable passive Q-switching of the Cr: LiCaAlF₆ laser with a broad-band Cr⁴⁺:Y₂SiO₅ solid-state saturable absorber

Yen-Kuang Kuo, Man-Fang Huang, Milton Birnbaum

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Abstract

Saturable passive absorber Q-switches offer numerous advantages in cost, simplicity and reliability. In the past few years, Cr⁴⁺-doped Y₃Al₅O₁₂ (YAG) and Mg₂SiO₄ (forsterite) have been investigated and shown to be good passive Q-switches for the Nd:YAG and several other solid-state lasers. Quite recently, Cr⁴⁺:Y₂SiO₅ (Cr⁴⁺:YSO) had also been demonstrated to be a broad-band saturable absorber for the tunable Cr³⁺:LiCaAlF₆ (Cr:LiSAF) laser. In this paper, the tunable passive Q-switching of the Cr³⁺:LiCaAlF₆ (Cr:LiCAF) laser with a broadband-band Cr⁴⁺:Y₂SiO₅ solid-state saturable absorber is reported.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting - Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	431-432
Number of pages	2
Volume	2
Publication status	Published - 1994 Dec 1
Event	Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting. Part 1 (of 2) - Boston, MA, USA Duration: 1994 Oct 31 → 1994 Nov 3

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Other	Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting. Part 1 (of 2)
City	Boston, MA, USA
Period	94-10-31 → 94-11-03

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