Broad-Band, Tunable Passive Q-Switching With Semiconductor-Doped Glass Filters

    Authors

    E. Munin; A. B. Villaverde;M. Bass

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Commun.

    Keywords

    INTENSITY-DEPENDENT ABSORPTION; SATURATION; LASER; Optics

    Abstract

    Passive Q-switching using semiconductor doped glass filters is demonstrated for the recently developed class of broad band, tunable, solid state lasers. Saturation of the absorption in such filters in the 800-900 nm region is reported along with data on efficient Q-switching of a Cr:LiSAF laser producing single pulses as short as 19 ns and energies as high as 95 mJ per pulse. Data on laser induced darkening of the filters is also presented.

    Journal Title

    Optics Communications

    Volume

    108

    Issue/Number

    4-6

    Publication Date

    1-1-1994

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    278

    Last Page

    282

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1994NP15000018

    ISSN

    0030-4018

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