On the performance of short pulse Nd3+:LSB microchip lasers

M. B. Danailov; A. A. Demidovich; A. N. Kuzmin; O. V. Kuzmin; V. L. Hait

doi:10.1007/s003400100681

On the performance of short pulse Nd³⁺:LSB microchip lasers

M. B. Danailov
, A. A. Demidovich
, A. N. Kuzmin
, O. V. Kuzmin
, V. L. Hait

Institute for Lasers Photonics and Biophotonics

Sincrotrone-Trieste
Belarus Academy of Sciences
STC FIRN

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Abstract

Experimental results from studies of the laser characteristics of Nd:LSB crystals in both cw and passive Q-switching arrangements are presented. The dependence of the main laser parameters on the output coupling and saturable absorber transmission for two doping levels of Nd was investigated. It is demonstrated that due to its high absorption, low losses and intrinsic strong thermal lensing, even at pump powers of less than 200 mW, the Nd:LSB has excellent properties in terms of efficiency, beam quality and pulse duration. In addition, it exhibits high pulse-to-pulse and pulse width versus pump power stability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	671-676
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	73
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400100681
State	Published - Nov 2001

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