• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 47, Issue 10, 1005002 (2018)
Guo Na, Hui Yongling, Cai Jinlu, Jiang Menghua, Lei Hong, and Li Qiang
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    DOI: 10.3788/irla201847.1005002 Cite this Article
    Guo Na, Hui Yongling, Cai Jinlu, Jiang Menghua, Lei Hong, Li Qiang. LD pumped kHz Er3+, Yb3+:glass passively Q-switched microchip lasers[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2018, 47(10): 1005002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    At present, 1.5 μm LD pumped Er-glass passively Q-switched micro-laser is a popular research direction in military laser ranging. Achieving high repetition rate and single pulse energy are very important indicators. In this paper, a kHz erbium-ytterbium co-doped phosphate glass passively Q-switched microchip laser for laser ranging was reported. The laser was pumped by a single diode with a center wavelength of 940 nm and erbium-ytterbium co-doped phosphate glass(Er3+,Yb3+:glass) as the gain medium, CO2+:MgAl2O4(CO:MALO) as the saturable absorber. By analyzing the influence of the pump spot radius on the mode-matching, the pump spot radius was optimized. The effects of the initial transmittance(T0) of saturable absorber and the reflectance R of output mirror on the output laser parameters were experimentally analyzed. In the final pre-pumping experiment, a Q-switched pulse was achieved, with repetition frequency of 1 kHz, wavelength of 1 535 nm, single pulse energy of 40 μJ, pulse width of 5.09 ns, peak power of 7.89 kW and beam quality of 1.4.
    Guo Na, Hui Yongling, Cai Jinlu, Jiang Menghua, Lei Hong, Li Qiang. LD pumped kHz Er3+, Yb3+:glass passively Q-switched microchip lasers[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2018, 47(10): 1005002
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