Acousto-optic Q-switched Tm:Ho:YbAG laser pumped at 1678 nm
Abstract
Acousto-optic Q-switched lasing has been obtained for the first time in a Tm:Ho:YbAGcrystal. The laser output power is analyzed as a function of the laser pulse repetition rate. It is found that at rates above 30 kHz the laser slope efficiency reaches maximum values (~20 to 30%), comparable with the efficiency in the cw mode. The shortest laser pulse width is about 40 ns, and the average output power reaches about 80mW.
- Publication:
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Physics of Wave Phenomena
- Pub Date:
- October 2016
- DOI:
- 10.3103/S1541308X16040014
- Bibcode:
- 2016PWP....24..255Z