• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 7, Issue 9, 812 (2009)
Hao Tang, Xiaolei Zhu, Junqing Meng, and Huaguo Zang
Author Affiliations
  • Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai 201800, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL20090709.0812 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hao Tang, Xiaolei Zhu, Junqing Meng, Huaguo Zang. 20-kHz watt-level green laser with LGS crystal electro-optic Q-switch[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2009, 7(9): 812 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A diode-end-pumped electro-optic (EO) Q-switched green laser operating at the repetition rate of 20 kHz is reported. A block of La<sub>3</sub>Ga<sub>5</sub>SiO<sub>14</sub> (LGS) single crystal is used as a Q-switch and the type I phase-matching LiB<sub>3</sub>O<sub>5</sub> (LBO) is used as the nonlinear crystal in the second harmonic generation. The 2.3-Waverage power of 532-nm green laser is obtained at the repetition rate of 20 kHz with the pulse width as short as 10 ns. When the output power is about 1.5 W, the measured power fluctuation is less than 1.4% (root-mean-square, RMS) with the beam quality factor of M<sup>2</sup><2 in both orthogonal directions.
    Hao Tang, Xiaolei Zhu, Junqing Meng, Huaguo Zang. 20-kHz watt-level green laser with LGS crystal electro-optic Q-switch[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2009, 7(9): 812
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