TY - JOUR
T1 - Stable, red laser pumped, multi-kilohertz Alexandrite laser
AU - Ogilvy, Hamish
AU - Withford, Michael J.
AU - Piper, James A.
PY - 2006/4/1
Y1 - 2006/4/1
N2 - Operation of a miniature Alexandrite laser pulse-pumped at 671 nm by a Q-switched, frequency-doubled, diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser is reported. Average power output ∼150 mW at 765 nm with optical-to-optical slope efficiencies of 28% has been demonstrated for gain-switched operation of the Alexandrite laser at 80 kHz. Q-switched pump-pulse stacking has been used to reduce output pulse width by a factor of 6 and increase peak power by a factor of 38 over gain-switched operation.
AB - Operation of a miniature Alexandrite laser pulse-pumped at 671 nm by a Q-switched, frequency-doubled, diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser is reported. Average power output ∼150 mW at 765 nm with optical-to-optical slope efficiencies of 28% has been demonstrated for gain-switched operation of the Alexandrite laser at 80 kHz. Q-switched pump-pulse stacking has been used to reduce output pulse width by a factor of 6 and increase peak power by a factor of 38 over gain-switched operation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.optcom.2005.10.008
DO - 10.1016/j.optcom.2005.10.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33644644551
SN - 0030-4018
VL - 260
SP - 207
EP - 210
JO - Optics Communications
JF - Optics Communications
IS - 1
ER -