Diode Pumped Miniature Eye-Safe Laser Q-Switched by Passive Materials
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چکیده
We established a new diode array pumped Er:Yb:Glass test setup for evaluation of the laser performance and q-switch characteristics of various saturable absorber materials at 1.54um. Pumping distribution and maximum gain was analyzed. Passive q-switched laser operation was demonstrated with both U: CaF2 and Co : MgAl2O4. TEMoo Qswitch pulses with energy of 0.5mJ and pulse width of 10ns was obtained.
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