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Comparative study of diode-pumping self-injection and injection-locking Tm:YAG lasers

  • Changchun University of Science and Technology
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • CAS - Changchun Institute of Optics Fine Mechanics and Physics

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Abstract

A comparative study of the laser characteristics of self-injection and injection-locking Tm:YAG lasers is given in this paper. At a pump energy of 145 mJ and Q-switched repetition rate of 100 Hz, an output energy of 2.39 mJ was obtained for an injection-locking Tm:YAG laser, with a pulse width of 403.2 ns and a pulse building-up time of 2.12 μs. Under the same conditions, the output energy, pulse width and pulse build-up time for a self-injection Tm:YAG laser were 2.21 mJ, 407.0 ns and 3.95 μs, respectively. The threshold of the (2-switched injection-locking Tm:YAG laser was much lower than that of the self-injection laser, and the pulse width was narrower and the pulse build-up time shorter. Additionally, the output spectrum was much purer for the injection-locking laser.

Original languageEnglish
Article number075001
JournalLaser Physics
Volume23
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2013

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