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Er:Ca5(PO4)3F saturable-absorber Q switch for the Er:glass laser at 1.53 μm

Applied Physics Letters (1993) 62(22) 2763-2765
DOI: 10.1063/1.109253
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Abstract

Passive Q switching of an Er:phosphate glass laser using Er:Ca 5(PO4)3F (Er:FAP) as a saturable absorber intracavity (IC) load is described for the first time. Q-switched output was obtained consisting of a 6-mJ single pulse of 83 ns full width at half maximum, with a 20% efficiency relative to the corresponding free-running output in the absence of the IC Er:FAP load.

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Spariosu, K., Stultz, R. D., Birnbaum, M., Allik, T. H., & Hutchinson, J. A. (1993). Er:Ca5(PO4)3F saturable-absorber Q switch for the Er:glass laser at 1.53 μm. Applied Physics Letters, 62(22), 2763–2765. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.109253

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