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Q-switching and Q-switched mode-locked Yb:Y2Ca3B4O12 lasers with an acousto-optic switch are demonstrated. In the Q-switching case, an average output power of 530 mW is obtained at the pulse repetition rate of 10.0 kHz under an absorbed pump power of 6.1 W. The minimum pulse width is 79 ns at the repetition rate of 1.7 kHz. The pulse energy and peak energy are calculated to be 231 μJ and 2.03 kW, respectively. In the Q-switched mode-locking case, the average output power of 64 mW with a mode-locked pulse repetition rate of 118 MHz and Q-switched pulse energy of 48 μJ is generated under the absorbed pump power of 6.1 W.
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Tu, CY., Wang, Y., Xu, JL. et al. The characteristics of diode-pumped acousto-optic Yb:Y2Ca3B4O12 laser for Q-switching and Q-switched mode-locking. Appl. Phys. B 101, 855–860 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4118-3
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