Passive Q switching of a Tm:YLF laser using a Co2 doped Hilver Halide saturable absorber

by Harel Hecht

at Quantum optics seminar

Thu, 26 Oct 2017, 15:30
Physics building (#54) room 207

Abstract

We report a successful passive Q switching of a Tm:YLF laser operating at 1 9 m using a Co2 :AgCl0 5Br0 5 saturable absorber Approximately 200 ns long 150 J pulses were obtained Increase in pump energy resulted in repetitive pulsing with a repetition rate approximately proportional to the pump pulse energy Room temperature optical transmission saturation curves measured in 1 mm thick Co2 :AgCl0 5Br0 5 plates yielded a ground state absorption cross section and an excited state absorption cross section at 1 9 m

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