High repetition rate and short pulse width electro-optic Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser

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作者：
Wang X. [1 ,2 ]
Sun Z. [1 ]
Cheng G. [1 ]
机构：
[1] State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 710119, Shaanxi
[2] University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
来源：
Cheng, Guanghua (gcheng@opt.ac.cn) | 2016年 / Science Press卷 / 43期
关键词：
Electro-optic deflector; Electro-optic Q-switch; High repetition rate; Lasers; Short pulse width;
D O I：
10.3788/CJL201643.0601007
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摘要：
Using the rubidium oxygen titanium phosphate (RTP) electro-optic deflector as a Q-switch, we realize a continuous wave LD-pumped Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser and study the output characteristics in experiments at different output coupling rates and different repetition rates. An output pulse train of 1.22 W average output power with pulse width of 1.0 ns and peak power of 224 kW is obtained at the repetition rate of 5 kHz and an output coupler with transmittance of 60%. Another out pulse of 2.67 W average output power with pulse width of 2.2 ns and peak power of 60.7 kW is obtained when the repetition rate is 20 kHz, the slope efficiency is 37%, and the beam quality factors are Mx2=1.226, My2=1.229. Further, by extra-cavity double-frequency based on a potassium titanium oxide phosphate (KTP) crystal, a green laser at 532 nm with repetition rate of 20 kHz and average output power of 1.33 W is obtained, and the corresponding frequency-doubling efficiency is 50%. © 2016, Chinese Lasers Press. All right reserved.
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