Cavity-dumped Q-switched Er:Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 pulse laser

Wenbin Liao; Yujin Chen; Bingxuan Li; Yanfu Lin; Songqing Zha; Zhanglang Lin; Yidong Huang; Ge Zhang

doi:10.1364/OE.398592

Cavity-dumped Q-switched Er:Yb:YAl₃(BO₃)₄ pulse laser

Opt Express. 2020 Aug 3;28(16):23409-23415. doi: 10.1364/OE.398592.

Authors

Wenbin Liao, Yujin Chen, Bingxuan Li, Yanfu Lin, Songqing Zha, Zhanglang Lin, Yidong Huang, Ge Zhang

PMID: 32752338
DOI: 10.1364/OE.398592

Abstract

We reported an electro-optically cavity-dumped Q-switched Er:Yb:YAl₃(BO₃)₄ pulse laser for the first time. A 1531.1 nm pulse laser with an average output power of 521 mW, energy of 10 µJ, and a duration of 3.1 ns was achieved at a repetition rate of 100 kHz under the quasi-continuous-wave pumping. The pulse characteristics of the laser were investigated in detail. The result shows that the depolarization effects and the length of high voltage (HV) time applied to the EO-switch had significant impacts on the pulse characteristics.