title: Electro-optically cavity-dumped 3  ns Tm:LuAG laser.
abstract: It is reported in this paper that a cavity-dumped electro-optically Q-switched Tm:LuAG oscillator offers a unique combination of high power, constant short pulse duration, and high repetition rate at a wavelength of 2012.7 nm. The constant short pulse durations of 3 ns were achieved by the cavity-dumped technology at different repetition rates from 60 to 100 kHz. An average power of 1.22 W and a peak power of 4.1 kW were obtained at a repetition rate of 100 kHz and an incident pump power of 42.3 W, corresponding to the slope efficiency of 6% and beam quality factor of M2∼1.4. In addition, the accumulation time of intracavity photons from 500 to 1000 ns was studied for the performance of the output characteristic.
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Baoquan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Tongyu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Hongwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yingjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Youlun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ju