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Compact, diode-side-pumped and Q-switched Nd:YLiF4 laser cavity operating at 1053 nm with diffraction limited beam quality

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This work reports a diode-side-pumped and passively Q-switched Nd:YLiF4 (YLF) laser operating at 1053 nm using a new laser resonator concept. Very stable pulses of 1 mJ energy with less than 10 ns pulse duration are obtained at 1 kHz repetition rate in a very simple, compact, and robust cavity that uses a double bounce configuration to achieve TEM00 operation.

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  1. Universidade Nove de Julho, Rua Dr. Adolpho Pinto 109, Barra Funda, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    A. M. Deana

  2. Centro de Lasers e Aplicações, CNEN-IPEN/SP, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 2242, Butantã, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    I. M. Ranieri, S. L. Baldochi & N. U. Wetter

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Deana, A.M., Ranieri, I.M., Baldochi, S.L. et al. Compact, diode-side-pumped and Q-switched Nd:YLiF4 laser cavity operating at 1053 nm with diffraction limited beam quality. Appl. Phys. B 106, 877–880 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4828-1

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