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CW‐LD pumped acousto‐optic Q ‐switched Nd:YVO 4 laser
Author(s) -
XiuJiang Huang,
MingZhong Li,
Zhan Sui,
YongZhi Liu,
YanYong Wang,
YiMing Luo,
HaiYan Chen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.20278
Subject(s) - laser , optics , q switching , materials science , pulse width modulation , diode , signal (programming language) , pulse (music) , microwave , energy conversion efficiency , laser diode , power (physics) , pulse repetition frequency , continuous wave , optoelectronics , physics , telecommunications , engineering , computer science , radar , quantum mechanics , detector , programming language
A high‐power continuous‐wave (CW) laser‐diode (LD) pumped acousto‐optic Q ‐switched Nd:YVO 4 laser is presented. A short pulse at 1064 nm is obtained. With a repetition rate of 50 kHz, a maximum average output power of 5.72 W is achieved. The optical‐conversion efficiency and the slope efficiency are 28% and 32.4%, respectively. At the repetition rate of 10 kHz and the pulse width of 16.3 ns, the maximum single‐pulse energy of 286 μ J and the peak power of 13 kW are acquired. The laser can be used as a signal source for free‐space optical communication. The output signal agrees well with the modulate signal. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 42: 281–283, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.20278