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Q-switching of Er:YAG (2.9 μm) solid-state laser by PLZT electrooptic modulator

1997; IEEE Photonics Society; Volume: 33; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/3.631291

1558-1713

Maris Ozolinsh, Karl Stock, R. Hibst, R. Steiner,

Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

Small-size PLZT 8.5/65/35 ceramic modulators with the length of 4-6 mm are used to obtain Q-switched pulses of the Er:YAG lasers-the pulsewidth 150 ns, energy of the single pulse up to 5 mJ, if followed by a number of the small-intensity postlasing pulses-the total energy of pulses is up to 10 mJ.