Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2006 Volume 36, Number 1, Pages 1–2
(Mi qe13097)
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Passive Fe2+ :ZnSe single-crystal Q switch for 3-μm lasers
A. A. Voronov a ,
V. I. Kozlovsky b ,
Yu. V. Korostelin b ,
A. I. Landman b ,
Yu. P. Podmar'kov b ,
V. G. Polushkin c ,
M. P. Frolov b a Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow region
b P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
c Engineering center for new technologies, Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moskovskaya obl.
Abstract:
Passive
Q -switching of 3-μm lasers with the help of a Fe
2+ :ZnSe single crystal is demonstrated. The 6-mJ, 50-ns giant pulses are obtained from a 2.9364-μm Er:YAG laser by using this passive
Q switch.
PACS:
42.70.Mp ,
42.60.Gd ,
42.55.Rz Received: 28.11.2005
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