Applied Physics Letters · 2006 · 24 citations · 7 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMaterials ScienceOptoelectronicsPhotonicsSemiconductor DevicesLaser DiodesLaser OpticsLaser PhysicsNonlinear OpticsSemiconductor LasersUltrafast OpticsBeam DiffractionDiffraction-limited PerformancePulsed LasersQ SwitchingQ-switched LasersQuantum Dot LasersSemiconductor Laser DiodesUltrafast Pulse Generation
The authors report on a passively Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 miniature laser generating 0.5mJ pulses at 1063nm, with 420ps time duration and 1.2MW peak power, at a repetition rate up to 200Hz and with a nearly diffraction-limited beam quality (M2≈1.1).
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56-ps passively Q-switched diode-pumped microchip laser
B. Braun, Franz X. Kärtner, G. Zhang et al. · Optics Letters · 1997 · 147 citations
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