Output performance of a continuous-wave TIn:YAP laser pumped passively Q-switched Ho:YLF laser is demon- strated with a polycrystalline Cr2+ :ZnS as the saturable absorber. We compare the experimental results at t...Output performance of a continuous-wave TIn:YAP laser pumped passively Q-switched Ho:YLF laser is demon- strated with a polycrystalline Cr2+ :ZnS as the saturable absorber. We compare the experimental results at the three different distances L of the polycrystalline Cr2+ :ZnS saturable absorber to the output coupler. The pulse width almost remains constant for different L, when the incident pump power is changed in the range of 7.9 27.1 W. The shortest pulse duration of 33.3 ns for L = 105 mm and the highest average output power of 6.8 W for L = 5 mm are obtMned at the incident pump power of 27.1 W. The output wavelength of the passively Q-switched laser shifts to 2045.2nm from 2064.7nm in the cw operation. The beam quality factor of M2 is 1.2.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61308009,61405047,and 50990301the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China under Grant No 2013M540288+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant Nos HIT.NSRIF.2014044 and HIT.NSRIF.2015042the Science Fund for Outstanding Youths of Heilongjiang Province under Grant No JQ201310
文摘Output performance of a continuous-wave TIn:YAP laser pumped passively Q-switched Ho:YLF laser is demon- strated with a polycrystalline Cr2+ :ZnS as the saturable absorber. We compare the experimental results at the three different distances L of the polycrystalline Cr2+ :ZnS saturable absorber to the output coupler. The pulse width almost remains constant for different L, when the incident pump power is changed in the range of 7.9 27.1 W. The shortest pulse duration of 33.3 ns for L = 105 mm and the highest average output power of 6.8 W for L = 5 mm are obtMned at the incident pump power of 27.1 W. The output wavelength of the passively Q-switched laser shifts to 2045.2nm from 2064.7nm in the cw operation. The beam quality factor of M2 is 1.2.