Passive Q-switching of 1.3-um Nd-lasers with Nd2+:SrF2 and V3+:YAG crystalline saturable absorbers and application to Raman shifting to the eye-safe region

Tasoltan T. Basiev; Valery B. Sigachev; M. E. Doroshenko; Alexander G. Papashvili; Peter G. Zverev; Vyacheslav V. Osiko

doi:10.1117/12.203624

1 March 1995 Passive Q-switching of 1.3-um Nd-lasers with Nd²+:SrF₂ and V³+:YAG crystalline saturable absorbers and application to Raman shifting to the eye-safe region

Tasoltan T. Basiev, Valery B. Sigachev, M. E. Doroshenko, Alexander G. Papashvili, Peter G. Zverev, Vyacheslav V. Osiko

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Proceedings Volume 2498, Laser Methods of Surface Treatment and Modification: ALT '94 International Conference; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.203624
Event: Laser Methods of Surface Treatment and Modification: ALT '94 International Conference, 1994, Konstanz, Germany

Abstract

Passive Q-switching of 1.3 micrometers neodymium lasers with Nd²⁺:SrF₂ and V³⁺:YAG crystalline saturable absorbers are studied. Giant pulses up to 5 mJ energy and 40 ns duration were obtained. Efficient Raman shifting of the 1.3 micrometers pulses of passively Q-switched lasers to 1.55 micrometers wavelength are realized in Ba(NO₃)₂ crystal.

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Tasoltan T. Basiev, Valery B. Sigachev, M. E. Doroshenko, Alexander G. Papashvili, Peter G. Zverev, and Vyacheslav V. Osiko "Passive Q-switching of 1.3-um Nd-lasers with Nd²+:SrF₂ and V³+:YAG crystalline saturable absorbers and application to Raman shifting to the eye-safe region", Proc. SPIE 2498, Laser Methods of Surface Treatment and Modification: ALT '94 International Conference, (1 March 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.203624

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