RTP Q-switched single-longitudinal-mode Nd:YAG laser with a twisted-mode cavity

Zhenhua Cong; Zhaojun Liu; Zengguang Qin; Xingyu Zhang; Shiwu Wang; Han Rao; Qiang Fu

doi:10.1364/AO.54.005143

RTP Q-switched single-longitudinal-mode Nd:YAG laser with a twisted-mode cavity

Appl Opt. 2015 Jun 1;54(16):5143-6. doi: 10.1364/AO.54.005143.

Authors

Zhenhua Cong, Zhaojun Liu, Zengguang Qin, Xingyu Zhang, Shiwu Wang, Han Rao, Qiang Fu

PMID: 26192677
DOI: 10.1364/AO.54.005143

Abstract

This paper describes a high pulse repetition frequency Nd:YAG twisted-mode laser that uses an RTP crystal as the electro-optic Q-switch. Stable single-longitudinal-mode laser beams at 1, 5, and 10 kHz were obtained with a linewidth less than 0.1 GHz. Under an incident pump power of 7.5 W and a PRF of 10 kHz, the maximum output power of the single-longitudinal-mode laser was 1.19 W. The corresponding conversion efficiency, single pulse energy and pulse peak power were 15.8%, 119 μJ, and 2.5 kW, respectively.