• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 4, Issue 6, 329 (2006)
Chunyu Wang*, Huaguo Zang, Xiaoli Li, Yutian Lu, and Xiaolei Zhu
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  • Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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    Chunyu Wang, Huaguo Zang, Xiaoli Li, Yutian Lu, Xiaolei Zhu. LD-pumped high repetition rate Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser by using La3Ga5SiO14 single crystal electro-optic modulator[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2006, 4(6): 329 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A diode-end-pumped electro-optic (EO) Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser operating at repetition rate of 10 kpps (pulses per second) was reported. A block of La3Ga5SiO14 (LGS) single crystal was used as a Q-switch and the driver was a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOS-FET) pulser of high repetition rate and high voltage. At continuous wave (CW) operation, the slope efficiency of the laser was 46%, and maximum optical-to-optical efficiency was 38.5%. Using an output coupler with transmission of 70%, a 10-kpps Q-switched pulse train with 0.4-mJ monopulse energy and 8.2-ns pulse width was achieved, the optical conversion efficiency was around 15%, and the beam quality M2 factor was less than 1.2.
    Chunyu Wang, Huaguo Zang, Xiaoli Li, Yutian Lu, Xiaolei Zhu. LD-pumped high repetition rate Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser by using La3Ga5SiO14 single crystal electro-optic modulator[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2006, 4(6): 329
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