High-energy acousto-optic Q-switched alexandrite laser with wavelength tunable fundamental and UV second harmonic generation
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Author(s)
Liang, Meizhen
Minassian, Ara
Damzen, Michael J
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We investigate high-energy mJ-class diode-pumped acousto-optic (AO) Q-switched alexandrite lasers with broad tunability at both the fundamental near-IR wavelength range and second harmonic generation (SHG) in the UV wavelength range. An AO Q-switched alexandrite laser with continuous-wave diode-pumping has been operated at up to 10 kHz and producing pulse energy of 700 µJ at repetition rate of 1 kHz. With pulsed double-pass diode-pumping, we demonstrate higher pulse energy of 2.6 mJ. With wavelength tuning, this laser system demonstrated broad fundamental tuning range from 719 to 787 nm with diffraction-limited beam quality (M2 = 1.05). By external cavity second harmonic generation in a Type-I LBO crystal, pulse energy of 0.66 mJ is generated at 375 nm and with UV tuning range from 361 to 391 nm. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of AO Q-switched alexandrite laser with broad wavelength tuning in the near-IR and UV wavelength ranges and shows its excellent potential as a pulsed source for future applications.
Date Issued
2023-12-04
Date Acceptance
2023-11-20
Citation
Optics Express, 2023, 31 (25), pp.42428-42438
ISSN
1094-4087
Publisher
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Start Page
42428
End Page
42438
Journal / Book Title
Optics Express
Volume
31
Issue
25
Copyright Statement
Journal © 2023. Published by Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38087617
PII: 544046
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2023-12-01