KLu(WO4)2crystal as the Raman medium in a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

Hui-hua XU; Xing-yu ZHANG; Qing-pu WANG; Zhen-hua CONG; Cong WANG; Wei-tao WANG; Lei LI; Zhao-jun LIU; Xiao-han CHEN; Shu-zhen FAN; Jian-li HE; Huai-jin ZHANG

doi:10.1007/s11801-012-2248-z

Journals >Optoelectronics Letters >Volume 8 >Issue 5 >Page 321 > Article

Optoelectronics Letters
Vol. 8, Issue 5, 321 (2012)

KLu(WO₄)₂crystal as the Raman medium in a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

Hui-hua XU¹, Xing-yu ZHANG^1、*, Qing-pu WANG¹, Zhen-hua CONG¹, Cong WANG¹, Wei-tao WANG¹, Lei LI¹, Zhao-jun LIU¹, Xiao-han CHEN¹, Shu-zhen FAN¹, Jian-li HE¹, and Huai-jin ZHANG²

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory on Laser Technology and Application of Shandong Province, School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

²State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

show less

DOI: 10.1007/s11801-012-2248-z Cite this Article

XU Hui-hua, ZHANG Xing-yu, WANG Qing-pu, CONG Zhen-hua, WANG Cong, WANG Wei-tao, LI Lei, LIU Zhao-jun, CHEN Xiao-han, FAN Shu-zhen, HE Jian-li, ZHANG Huai-jin. KLu(WO₄)₂crystal as the Raman medium in a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2012, 8(5): 321 Copy Citation Text

show less

Abstract

A diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG/KLu(WO₄)₂ (KLW) Raman laser is presented for the first time. As high as 1.89 W average output power is obtained at the pump power of 15.7 W with the pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of 27.2 kHz, and the corresponding diode-to-Stokes conversion efficiency is 12.0%. The highest pulse energy of 84.0 μJ is obtained. The obtained average output power and pulse energy are much higher than the previously reported results of diode-pumped passively Q-switched Raman lasers.

Download Citation

Save the article for my favorites

Paper Information