Watt-level acousto-optically <i>Q</i>-switched Pr:YLF laser at 639 nm

Yuchen Xue; Ruisong Zhang; Zhengdong Dai; Zhongyu Wang; Huiying Xu; Zhiping Cai

doi:10.3788/COL202422.011402

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 1, 011402(2024)

Watt-level acousto-optically Q-switched Pr:YLF laser at 639 nm

Yuchen Xue, Ruisong Zhang, Zhengdong Dai, Zhongyu Wang, Huiying Xu, and Zhiping Cai^*

Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Engineering (National Model Microelectronics College), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

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Yuchen Xue, Ruisong Zhang, Zhengdong Dai, Zhongyu Wang, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai, "Watt-level acousto-optically Q-switched Pr:YLF laser at 639 nm," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 011402 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Jul. 12, 2023

Accepted: Sep. 6, 2023

Published Online: Jan. 19, 2024

The Author Email: Zhiping Cai (zpcai@xmu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.011402

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.011402

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