Fig. 1. Setup of acoustic-optic Q-switched Tm∶YAP laser

Fig. 2. Continuous-wave output power changed with pump power in Tm∶YAP laser with the size of 1 mm×6 mm×16 mm

Fig. 3. Continuous-wave output power changed with pump power in Tm∶YAP laser with different cavity length

Fig. 4. Relationship between continuous-wave output power and pump power of Tm∶YAP laser with different transmissivities

Fig. 5. Output power characteristic curves under continuous operation and Q-switched operation

Fig. 6. Pulse width changed with pump power at different repetition frequencies

Fig. 7. Typical pulse train and narrowest pulse width with a repetition rate of 40 kHz. (a) Pulse train; (b) pulse waveform of narrowest pulse width of 64 ns

Fig. 8. Three-dimensional energy distribution of pulse laser