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We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, operation of a self-adaptive holographic laser with wavelength selection, which uses Nd:YLF as the gain medium. The holographic laser was self-starting and, by virtue of the temporal dynamics in writing the gain grating, passively Q-switched the cavity to produce pulses with 20–50 ns duration. A pulse energy of 184 mJ was obtained from the system with beams having a TEM00 spatial profile. Single-longitudinal-mode operation was observed with near-transform-limited bandwidth.
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Received: 30 July 2002 / Revised version: 1 October 2002 / Published online: 26 February 2003
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Lam, S., Damzen, M. Self-adaptive Nd:YLF holographic laser with selectable wavelength operation . Appl Phys B 76, 237–240 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-1078-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-1078-2