title: Diode-end-pumped electro-optically Q-switched Nd:YLF slab laser.
abstract: We report a very compact Nd:YLF slab laser that is end pumped by a quasi-continuous-wave diode stack. A hybrid resonator is used to generate high output power in a near-diffraction-limited beam (i.e., a beam propogation M2 factor of less than 1.2). A pulse energy of 14.3 mJ was obtained with a pulse width of 8.5 ns at a repetition rate of 500 Hz, which corresponds to a Q-switched peak power of 1.68 MW.
authors.affiliation: EdgeWave GmbH, Steinbachstr 15, 52074, Aachen, Germany. hzhang@ilt.fhg.de
authors.forename: Hengli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Keming
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Daijun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yongdong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Diart