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Diode-pumped Q-switched Tm:YAP laser with a pump recycling scheme

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We reported on a diode end-pumped AO Q-switched Tm:YAP laser at 1937 nm. The average output power was 3.9 W, with a slope efficiency of 29.4% and optical-optical conversion efficiency of 21.6% at a 5-kHz repetition rate. The temperature dependency of the output power and the pulse width at different repetition rates were investigated in details.

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  1. National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    B. Q. Yao, Y. Cai, X. M. Duan, L. L. Zheng, Y. L. Ju & Y. Z. Wang

  2. Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China

    G. J. Zhao, Y. H. Zong & J. Xu

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Yao, B.Q., Cai, Y., Duan, X.M. et al. Diode-pumped Q-switched Tm:YAP laser with a pump recycling scheme. Laser Phys. 18, 1128–1130 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X08100034

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