Diode-Pumped Passive Q-Switched 946 nm Nd:YAG Laser with a GaAs Saturable Absorber

• 来源期刊: 中国物理快报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2006,（3）
• 页码范围: 619-621
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

We report, for the first time to our knowledge, a diode-pumped passive Q-switched 946nm Nd:YAG laser by using a GaAs as saturable absorber. The maximum average output power is 1.24 W at an incident pump power of 15 W, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 10%. Laser pulses with pulse duration of 70ns and repetition rate of 330 kHz are generated.