Cr2+:ZnS saturable absorber passively Q-switched Ho:LuAG laser

Z. Cui; X. M. Duan; B. Q. Yao; J. Li; H. Y. Yang; C. Y. Li; T. Y. Dai; Y. B. Pan

doi:10.1088/1054-660X/25/10/105001

Cr²⁺:ZnS saturable absorber passively Q-switched Ho:LuAG laser

Z. Cui
, X. M. Duan
, B. Q. Yao
, J. Li
, H. Y. Yang
, C. Y. Li
, T. Y. Dai
, Y. B. Pan

School of Astronautics

Harbin Institute of Technology
CAS - Shanghai Institute of Ceramics

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Abstract

By using polycrystalline Cr²⁺:ZnS ceramics with different transmissions as saturable absorbers (SAs), the different output performance of passively Q-switched (PQS) Ho:LuAG lasers end-pumped with continuous-wave (CW) Tm:YLF laser was demonstrated. When the transmission of the Cr²⁺:ZnS SA was 86.3%, the pulse duration changed from 50.6 to 46 ns as the absorbed pump power increased from 14.3 to 24 W. The pulse energy and repetition rate were tuned in the range of 2.4-2.9 mJ and 0.36-2.56 kHz, respectively. The output wavelength of the PQS laser shifted from 2100.6 nm (in CW operation) to 2098.3 nm. Using a Cr²⁺:ZnS SA with transmission of 93.9%, the Ho:LuAG laser achieved a maximum average output power of 5.4 W with slope efficiency of 44.2%.

Original language	English
Article number	105001
Journal	Laser Physics
Volume	25
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1054-660X/25/10/105001
State	Published - 1 Oct 2015

Keywords

Ho:LuAG laser
Q-switched
saturable absorber

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