title: Diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:LuVO4 laser at 1.34 microm with a V3+:YAG saturable absorber.
abstract: We report a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:LuVO4 laserat 1.34 microm using V3+:YAG as saturable absorber. The characteristics of a-cut and c-cut Nd:LuVO4 passive Q-switching operation were studied. The average output power of 1.02 W was obtained under the pump power of 12.88 W, corresponding to the optical conversion efficiency of 8% and slope efficiency of 10% in c-cut Nd:LuVO4 laser. The maximum pulse energy of 17.6 microJ and the highest peak power of 820 W were obtained at pulse width of 21 ns and pulse repetition rate of 22.4 kHz in a-cut Nd:LuVO4 laser.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China. liufengqin@sdu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Fengqin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jingliang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Baitao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jinlong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiaolong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Kejian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hairui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Haijin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D009354:Neodymium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009354:Neodymium