Diode-pumped short pulse passively Q-switched 912 nm Nd:GdVO4/Cr:YAG laser at high repetition rate operation

Diode-pumped high-repetition-rate acousto-optically Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser operating at 914 nm

“…In 2005, Zhang presented the pulsed 946 nm Nd:YAG laser using a co doped Nd, Cr:YAG as saturable absorber, and the maximum average out put power of 2.1 W was achieved with a pulse width of 40.8 ns at a repetition rate of 80 kHz [17]. In addition, passive Q switched 935 nm Nd:CNGG laser, 938 nm Nd:GAGG laser and 912 nm Nd:GdVO 4 laser were also investigated [18][19][20]. By means of the A-O Q switch, our group had demonstrated a pulsed 912 nm Nd:GdVO 4 laser in 2008, with a minimum pulse width of 20 ns and a maximum peak power of 7.1 W at 10 kHz, and pulsed blue laser was also obtained by int racavity frequency doubling [21,22].…”

LD-pumped Nd:GdVO4 Raman laser at 1166 nm with LiIO3 crystal

“…Nd:GdVO 4 crystal is an excellent laser crystal for solid-state laser [10][11][12][13] because it has high absorption and emission cross sections [14,15].…”

“…In this paper, a 1166 nm Raman laser was successfully demonstrated using Nd:GdVO 4 as laser crystal and LiIO 3 as Raman crystal. Nd:GdVO 4 crystal is an excellent laser crystal for solid-state laser [10][11][12][13] because it has high absorption and emission cross sections [14,15]. Furthermore, it has high thermal conductivity, higher than Nd:YVO 4 crystal, which would benefit for lasers' steady and high output power.…”

Nd:LuVO4 as a true three-level laser

“…In past few years, the quasi-three-level continuous wave (CW) laser emission was investigated for neodymium-doped crystals [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. The 4 F 3/2 -4 I 9/2 transition usually used in Nd:LuVO 4 for 916 nm emission can offer other possibilities at lower wavelengths (Fig.…”