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Passively Q-switched Nd:YVO(4) laser with a Cr(4+):YAG crystal saturable absorber
Applied Optics
|April 20, 1997
Abstract:
We demonstrate, for the first time as far as we know, a passively Q-switched operation of a Nd:YVO(4) laser in which a Cr(4+):YAG crystal and a laser-diode bar are used as the saturable absorber and the pump source, respectively. Stable laser pulses as short as 28 ns with 20-muJ energy can be generated with this laser, which has the advantages of simplicity, high efficiency, and good long-term stability.

