V. I. Bezrodnyi, A. A. Ishchenko, “High-energy multispike operation of an Nd laser with a passive polymer <i>Q</i>-switch”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1998, Volume 25, Number 10,Pages <nobr>871

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Lasers

High-energy multispike operation of an Nd laser with a passive polymer Q-switch

V. I. Bezrodnyi^a, A. A. Ishchenko^b

^a Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev
^b Institute of Organic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv

Abstract: Repetitively pulsed operation with a peak output power up to 2 MW and an energy of a train of nanosecond pulses ~ 12 J were achieved in an yttrium aluminate laser with passive polymer Q-switches based on organic dyes. Variation of the initial switch transmittance made it possible to vary the pulse (spike) duration in the range 28 — 90 ns. The maximum pulse repetition rate in a train was 325 kHz when the Q-switching efficiency was 94%.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Gd

Received: 06.07.1998