Investigation of a passively Q-switched Raman laser at 1176 nm with Nd{sup 3+}:YAG/Cr{sup 4+}:YAG/YAG composite crystal and a coupled cavity

To reduce the thermal lens effect and increase the efficiency, a composite crystal of Nd{sup 3+}:YAG/Cr{sup 4+}:YAG/YAG and a coupled cavity structure were employed in our passively Q-switched YVO{sub 4}-based Raman laser system. Both the simulation and the experiment results showed that the undoped...

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Published in:Optical and quantum electronics 2019-12, Vol.51 (12)
Main Authors: Jiang, Cong, Chen, YinYao, Mei, ShaoHong, Zhu, SiQi, Li, Zhen, Jiang, Wei, Zhou, HaiQiong, Chen, ZhenQiang, Ji, EnCai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CHROMIUM IONS
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
CRYSTALS
EFFICIENCY
EXPERIMENT RESULTS
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
HEAT TRANSFER
LENSES
NEODYMIUM IONS
NEODYMIUM LASERS
PULSES
Q-SWITCHING
SIMULATION
SURFACES
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Summary:To reduce the thermal lens effect and increase the efficiency, a composite crystal of Nd{sup 3+}:YAG/Cr{sup 4+}:YAG/YAG and a coupled cavity structure were employed in our passively Q-switched YVO{sub 4}-based Raman laser system. Both the simulation and the experiment results showed that the undoped YAG crystal bonded in the end-face of Cr{sup 4+}:YAG crystal can speed up the heat transfer of Cr{sup 4+}:YAG crystal and reduce the temperature difference between its side surfaces and the center significantly, and the coupled cavity structure can improve the laser performance, especially at high pump power. The maximum output power of Raman laser of 0.92 W at 1176 nm was obtained with an optical-to-optical efficiency of 11.51%. The corresponding repetition rate and the pulse width is 53.5 kHz and 3.22 ns, respectively.
ISSN:0306-8919
1572-817X
DOI:10.1007/s11082-019-2102-7