LD pumped passively Q-switched ceramic Nd:YAG 946 nm laser with a high peak power output

Deying Chen; Hu Pan; Renpeng Yan; Xin Yu; Jiang Li; Yufei Ma; Xudong Li; Yubai Pan; Jing Gao

doi:10.1007/s11082-015-0363-3

LD pumped passively Q-switched ceramic Nd:YAG 946 nm laser with a high peak power output

Deying Chen
, Hu Pan
, Renpeng Yan^*
, Xin Yu
, Jiang Li
, Yufei Ma
, Xudong Li
, Yubai Pan
, Jing Gao

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Astronautics

Harbin Institute of Technology
CAS - Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
CAS - Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology

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Abstract

A compact multi-kilohertz, high-peak-power laser-diode end-pumped Nd:YAG ceramic quasi-three-level 946 nm laser is demonstrated. The maximum output power of 2.3 W is obtained in continuous-wave ceramic Nd:YAG 946 nm laser under the pump power (P_in) of 14.2 W. A Cr⁴⁺:YAG with an initial transmissivity of 92 % at 946 nm is utilized as saturable absorber in passively Q-switched laser. The average power of passively Q-switched 946 nm laser reaches 0.96 W with an optical-to-optical efficiency of 6.7 %. The pulse repetition frequency increases linearly with pump power and peaks at 8.2 kHz. The pulse width does not vary obviously versus pump power and the shortest pulse width of 946 nm laser is 13.0 ns. The output peak power is estimated to be 12.4 kW, much higher than previous results in pulsed ceramic Nd:YAG 946 nm laser.

Original language	English
Article number	81
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Optical and Quantum Electronics
Volume	48
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-015-0363-3
State	Published - 1 Feb 2016

Keywords

946 nm Laser
Ceramic Nd:YAG
LD-pumped
Passively Q-switched

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