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Passively Q-switched Nd-doped waveguide laser

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J. A. Aust, K. J. Malone, D. L. Veasey, Norman Sanford, Alexana Roshko

Abstract

A passively Q-switched waveguide laser operating at 1.054 υm has been demonstrated in a Nd-doped phosphate glass. The channel waveguide was fabricated by K-ion exchange from a nitrate melt. Passively Q-switched pulses were achieved by placement of an acetate sheet containing an organic saturable-absorbing dye within the laser cavity. The resulting pulse train consisted of pulses with a FWHM of 25 ns and peak powers of 3.04 W. With an 80% transmitting output coupler, cw operation of the laser provided 5.2 mW of output power at 1.054 υm for 229 mW of absorbed 794-nm pump power.
Citation
Optics Letters
Volume
19
Issue
22
Pub Type
Journals

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Citation

Aust, J. , Malone, K. , Veasey, D. , Sanford, N. and Roshko, A. (1994), Passively Q-switched Nd-doped waveguide laser, Optics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=12973 (Accessed October 4, 2025)

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Created November 14, 1994, Updated October 12, 2021
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