title: Diode-pumped passively Q-switched picosecond Nd:GDxY1-xVO4 self-stimulated raman laser.
abstract: An efficiency of 8.2% is demonstrated for a diode-pumped passively Q-switched self-stimulated Raman laser with an a-cut mixed vanadate crystal, Nd:Gd0.8Y0.2VO4. At 2.2 W of incident pump power, the self-stimulated Raman laser produces pulses as short as 660 ps at a Stokes wavelength of 1175 nm with 2.7 microJ of energy per pulse at a 66-kHz repetition rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. yfchen@cc.nctu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ku
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen