TY - JOUR
T1 - Diode end-pumped passively Q-switched Tm:YAP laser with 1.85-mJ pulse energy
AU - Sebbag, Daniel
AU - Korenfeld, Arik
AU - Ben-Ami, Udi
AU - Elooz, David
AU - Shalom, Eran
AU - Noach, Salman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Optical Society of America.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Passive Q switching of a Tm:YAP solid-state laser at 1935 nm with Cr:ZnSe and Cr:ZnS polycrystalline saturable absorbers is demonstrated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. With Cr:ZnS, a maximum pulse energy of 1.85 mJ is obtained for a pulse duration of 35.8 ns, resulting in a peak power of 51.7 kW. With Cr:ZnSe, the achieved pulse energy of 1.55 mJ with a pulse duration of 42.2 ns leads to 36.7-kW peak power. These high pulse energies, together with the unique lasing wavelength at 1935 nm, make this laser a promising tool for biomedical and microsurgery applications.
AB - Passive Q switching of a Tm:YAP solid-state laser at 1935 nm with Cr:ZnSe and Cr:ZnS polycrystalline saturable absorbers is demonstrated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. With Cr:ZnS, a maximum pulse energy of 1.85 mJ is obtained for a pulse duration of 35.8 ns, resulting in a peak power of 51.7 kW. With Cr:ZnSe, the achieved pulse energy of 1.55 mJ with a pulse duration of 42.2 ns leads to 36.7-kW peak power. These high pulse energies, together with the unique lasing wavelength at 1935 nm, make this laser a promising tool for biomedical and microsurgery applications.
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U2 - 10.1364/ol.40.001250
DO - 10.1364/ol.40.001250
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AN - SCOPUS:84944930487
SN - 0146-9592
VL - 40
SP - 1250
EP - 1253
JO - Optics Letters
JF - Optics Letters
IS - 7
ER -