Enhancement of passive Q-switching performance with mixed Nd:LuxGd1-xVO4 laser crystals.
Passive Q-switching operation has been demonstrated with a class of mixed Nd:Lu(x)Gd(1-x)VO(4) laser crystals. With respect to that obtained with Nd:GdVO(4), the passive Q-switching performance, including threshold, pulse energy, and peak power, was found to be greatly enhanced with the mixed vanadate crystals. The shortest pulse width of 6.2 ns, largest pulse energy of 192.5 microJ, and highest peak power of 31.1 kW were obtained at the incident pump power of 13.75 W with the mixed crystal for x=0.5.
Yu
Haohai
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State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials and Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Zhang
Huaijin
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Wang
Zhengping
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Wang
Jiyang
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Yu
Yonggui
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Shao
Zongshu
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Jiang
Minhua
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