Improvement of the self-Q-switching behavior of a Cr:LiSrAlF6 laser by use of binary diffractive optics

被引：10

作者：

Passilly, N ^{[1
]}

Fromager, M ^{[1
]}

Aït-Ameur, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Inst Sci Mat & Rayonnement, Ctr Interdisciplinaire Rech Ions Lasers, Unite Mixte Rech 6637, F-14050 Caen, France

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 2004年 / 43卷 / 26期

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D O I：

10.1364/AO.43.005047

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

It has been shown experimentally and theoretically that Q-switching behavior is possible in a flashlamp-pumped Cr-doped LiSrAlF6 (Cr3+:LiSAF) laser that consists only of two mirrors, a laser crystal, and a diaphragm. We demonstrate that insertion into a laser of a binary diffractive optical element can speed up the dynamics of the self-Q-switched laser such that the output pulse is shortened (from 60 to 33 ns) and its energy is increased (from 36 to 54 mJ). The self-Q-switching behavior of the laser has the ability to produce a laser pulse with a duration that one can adjust continuously from 60 to 700 ns just by opening the diaphragm. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：5047 / 5059

页数：13

共 3 条

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Weber, BC
Hirth, A
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1998, 149 (4-6) : 301 - 306
[2] Self-Q-switching behaviour of a Cr3+:LiSAF laser
Fromager, M
Aït-Ameur, K
ICONO 2001: NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHENOMENA AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS, 2002, 4751 : 442 - 450
[3] Use of a simple diffractive optics for improving the dynamics of a self-Q-switched Cr:LiSAF laser
Passilly, N
Fromager, M
Aït-Ameur, K
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LASERS, APPLICATIONS, AND TECHNOLOGIES 2005: ADVANCED LASERS AND SYSTEMS, 2006, 6054

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