We report on a passively Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser polarized along the a axis (corresponding to the smallest value of emission cross section at 1064 nm), generating 157-μJ pulses with 6.0-ns time duration (> 20 kW peak power) and 3.6 W of average power at 1064 nm with good beam quality ( M2 < 1.4). The selection of the polarization was performed by a novel technique relying on the birefringence of the laser crystal and on the misalignment sensitivity of the resonator.

High peak-power diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser

AGNESI, ANTONIANGELO;DELL'ACQUA, STEFANO
2003-01-01

Abstract

We report on a passively Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser polarized along the a axis (corresponding to the smallest value of emission cross section at 1064 nm), generating 157-μJ pulses with 6.0-ns time duration (> 20 kW peak power) and 3.6 W of average power at 1064 nm with good beam quality ( M2 < 1.4). The selection of the polarization was performed by a novel technique relying on the birefringence of the laser crystal and on the misalignment sensitivity of the resonator.
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