Q-switch mode-locking of Pr3+-doped YLF laser at 639 nm with a Cr4+-doped YAG saturable absorber

Ryo Abe; Junichiro Kojou; Kensuke Masuda; Kenichi Hirosawa; Fumihiko Kannari

doi:10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600155

Q-switch mode-locking of Pr³⁺-doped YLF laser at 639 nm with a Cr⁴⁺-doped YAG saturable absorber

Ryo Abe, Junichiro Kojou, Kensuke Masuda, Kenichi Hirosawa, Fumihiko Kannari

Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

We experimentally prove that a Cr⁴⁺:YAG crystal exhibits saturable absorption in visible wavelengths. We demonstrate the first passively Q-switch mode-locked Pr³⁺:YLF laser with a Cr⁴⁺:YAG at 639 nm pumped by InGaN diode lasers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600155
Publication status	Published - 2013 Oct 18
Event	10th Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2013 - Kyoto, Japan Duration: 2013 Jun 30 → 2013 Jul 4

Publication series

Name	Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest

Other

Other	10th Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2013
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Kyoto
Period	13/6/30 → 13/7/4

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600155

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Abe, R., Kojou, J., Masuda, K., Hirosawa, K., & Kannari, F. (2013). Q-switch mode-locking of Pr³⁺-doped YLF laser at 639 nm with a Cr⁴⁺-doped YAG saturable absorber. In 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2013 [6600155] (Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest). https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600155

Q-switch mode-locking of Pr³⁺-doped YLF laser at 639 nm with a Cr⁴⁺-doped YAG saturable absorber. / Abe, Ryo; Kojou, Junichiro; Masuda, Kensuke; Hirosawa, Kenichi; Kannari, Fumihiko.

2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2013. 2013. 6600155 (Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abe, R, Kojou, J, Masuda, K, Hirosawa, K & Kannari, F 2013, Q-switch mode-locking of Pr³⁺-doped YLF laser at 639 nm with a Cr⁴⁺-doped YAG saturable absorber. in 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2013., 6600155, Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest, 10th Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2013, Kyoto, Japan, 13/6/30. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600155

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