Passive Q-switching of diode pumped Nd: KGd(WO4)(2) lasers by V3+: Y3Al5O12 crystal with anisotropy of nonlinear absorption

Vasili G. Savitski; Igor A. Denisov; Alexander M. Malyarevich; Konstantin V. Yumashev; Alexander V. Sandulenko

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Passive Q-switching of diode pumped Nd: KGd(WO4)(2) lasers by V3+: Y3Al5O12 crystal with anisotropy of nonlinear absorption

Vasili G. Savitski, Igor A. Denisov, Alexander M. Malyarevich, Konstantin V. Yumashev, Alexander V. Sandulenko

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Use of a V3+:y(3)Al(5)O(12) crystal as a saturable absorber Q-switch for 1.07 and 1.35 mu m Nd:KGd(WO4)(2) diode pumped lasers shows a considerable dependence of output characteristics on the orientation of the intracavity field polarization vector regarding V3+:y(3)Al(5)O(12) crystallographic axes. Anisotropy of nonlinear absorption of V3+ ions in a Y3Al5O12 single crystal at wavelengths of 1.08 and 1.35 mu m has been experimentally studied. The experimental data are analyzed within the framework of a phenomenological model when the V3+ ions are described as three sets of linear dipoles oriented along the crystallographic axes. Ground-state and excited-state absorption cross sections at 1.08 and 1.35 mu m are evaluated to be sigma(gsa) = 3.4 x 10(-18) cm(2), sigma(esa) = 3.0 x 10(-19) cm(2) and sigma(gsa) = 5.4 x 10(-18) cm(2), sigma esa = 4.8 x 10(-19) cm(2), respectively. Saturation fluence and intensity at 1.08 and 1.35 mu m are estimated as 55 mJ/cm(2) and 1.1 MW/cm(2), respectively. (C) 2007 Optical Society of America.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5732-5737
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	46
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.46.005732
Publication status	Published - 10 Aug 2007

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Yttrium aluminum garnet
YAG saturable absorber
V-YAG

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Passive Q-switching of diode pumped Nd : KGd(WO4)(2) lasers by V3+: Y3Al5O12 crystal with anisotropy of nonlinear absorption. / Savitski, Vasili G.; Denisov, Igor A.; Malyarevich, Alexander M.; Yumashev, Konstantin V.; Sandulenko, Alexander V.

In: Applied Optics, Vol. 46, No. 23, 10.08.2007, p. 5732-5737.

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Passive Q-switching of diode pumped Nd: KGd(WO4)(2) lasers by V3+: Y3Al5O12 crystal with anisotropy of nonlinear absorption

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