Diode-pumped erbium-ytterbium-glass laser passively Q-switched with a PbS semiconductor quantum-dot doped glass
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2001
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Philipps, J.
Topfer, T.
Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H.
Ehrt, D.
Sauerbrey, R.
Borrelli, N.
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Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 2001; 72(2):175-178
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J.F. Philipps, T. Töpfer, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, D. Ehrt, R. Sauerbrey and N.F. Borrelli
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Q-switched and cw operation of different diode-pumped erbium-ytterbium doped glasses at 1.5 7m has been studied in a compact microlaser setup. For Q-switching we used a novel PbS semiconductor quantum-dot doped glass which offers low saturation intensity compared with typical absorbers used and a fast time response. The cw laser delivered output powers of 35 mW with slope efficiencies of 16%. In Q-switched operation pulse energies of 1 7J at repetition rates of 1-2 kHz and pulse durations of about 30-50 ns, depending on absorber thickness were obtained.
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