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Experimental investigation of the pulse width of a diode-pumped acousto-optically Q-switched Tm:YAG laser

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We study a pulsed laser-diode-pumped acousto-optically (AO) Q-switched Tm:YAG laser. To satisfy the requirements of a wind measurement lidar, we investigate experimentally the factors influencing the output-pulse width in a thermal compensating linear laser cavity. We show that the laser-pulse width is not only influenced by the pumping intensity of the diode lasers, the laser-cavity length, and the transmissivity of the output coupler, but also depends on the stimulated emission cross-section of the laser media.

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  1. School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, 130022, China

    Chunting Wu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Laser Interaction with Matter Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, China

    Fei Chen & Rui Wang

  3. National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China

    Chunting Wu & Youlun Ju

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Wu, C., Chen, F., Wang, R. et al. Experimental investigation of the pulse width of a diode-pumped acousto-optically Q-switched Tm:YAG laser. J Russ Laser Res 33, 98–102 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-012-9264-0

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