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. 1998 Mar 15;23(6):457-9.
doi: 10.1364/ol.23.000457.

Self-Q-switched Nd:YVO4 microchip lasers

R S Conroy, T Lake, G J Friel, A J Kemp, B D Sinclair

Self-Q-switched Nd:YVO4 microchip lasers

R S Conroy et al. Opt Lett. .

Abstract

We have observed giant pulses from cw pumped, monolithic Nd:YVO(4) microchip lasers, several hundred times the cw level, with pulse lengths less than 2 ns, which cannot be accounted for by conventional gain switching. These pulses occur as the second longitudinal mode starts to oscillate and can be described by the inclusion of gain-related effects in the formation of a stable cavity.

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