A 1314 nm Nd:YLF laser was designed and operated both CW and passively Q-switched. Maximum CW output of 10.4 W resulted from 45.2 Wof incident pump power. Passive Q-switching was obtained by inserting a V:YAG saturable absorber in the cavity. The oscillator delivered a maximum of 825 µJ energy per pulse, with a pulse duration of 135 ns at a pulse repetition frequency of 6.3 kHz, effectively delivering 5.2 W of average power.
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Botha, R.C, Strauss, H.J, Bollig, C, Koen, W Collett, O, Kuleshov, N.V, Esser, M.J.D, Combrinck, L and Von Bergmann, H.M. 2013. High average power 1314 nm Nd:YLF laser, passively Q-switched with V:YAG. Optics Letters, vol. 38(6), pp 980-982
Botha, R., Strauss, H. J., Bollig, C., Koen, W., Collett, O., Kuleshov, N., ... Von Bergmann, H. (2013). High average power 1314 nm Nd:YLF laser, passively Q-switched with V:YAG. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7350
Botha, RC, Hencharl J Strauss, C Bollig, W Koen, O Collett, NV Kuleshov, MJD Esser, L Combrinck, and HM Von Bergmann "High average power 1314 nm Nd:YLF laser, passively Q-switched with V:YAG." (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7350
Botha R, Strauss HJ, Bollig C, Koen W, Collett O, Kuleshov N, et al. High average power 1314 nm Nd:YLF laser, passively Q-switched with V:YAG. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7350.
Copyright: 2013 Optical Society of America. This is an Open Access journal. The journal authorizes the publication of the information herewith contained. Published in Optics Letters, vol. 38(6), pp 980-982
