Novel Approach to Deriving the Efficiency of Self-Terminating Four-Level Q-Switched Laser

Larry D. Merkle; Ei Ei Brown; Zackery D. Fleischman; Jason McKay; Mark Dubinskii

doi:10.1364/ASSL.2023.AW1A.7

Laser Congress 2023 (ASSL, LAC)
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2023),
paper AW1A.7
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.2023.AW1A.7

Novel Approach to Deriving the Efficiency of Self-Terminating Four-Level Q-Switched Laser

Larry D. Merkle, Ei Ei Brown, Zackery D. Fleischman, Jason McKay, and Mark Dubinskii

Advanced Solid State Lasers 2023

Tacoma, Washington United States
8–12 October 2023
ISBN: 978-1-957171-31-9

From the session
Laser Materials and Spectroscopy (AW1A)

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Get PDF
Email
Share
Get Citation
Copy Citation Text
L. D. Merkle, E. E. Brown, Z. D. Fleischman, J. McKay, and M. Dubinskii, "Novel Approach to Deriving the Efficiency of Self-Terminating Four-Level Q-Switched Laser," in Laser Congress 2023 (ASSL, LAC), Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2023), paper AW1A.7.

Export Citation
- BibTex
- Endnote (RIS)
- HTML
- Plain Text
Get Video
Citation alert
Save article

Abstract

We have developed a simple approach to deriving the efficiency of Q-switched four- level lasers, valid for long lower laser level lifetimes. Its threshold and limiting slope efficiency provide useful estimates for free-running four-level lasers as well.

PDF Article | Presentation Video

More Like This

Extraction efficiency in Q-switched Nd3+lasers

T. Y. Fan
MC5 OSA Annual Meeting (FIO) 1988

Free-running and Q-switched operation of a transversely diode-pumped Er:Yb:Glass 1.54-µm laser with high pulse energy and efficiency

Efstratios Georgiou, Olivier Musset, and Jean-Pierre Boquillon
WC3 Advanced Solid State Lasers (ASSL) 2000

Efficient 2.8-µm Er-doped Fluoride Fiber Laser Pumped at ~1.5 µm into the Terminal Laser Level

R. Pattnaik, V. Fromzel, J. Zhang, and M. Dubinskii
AW5A.6 Advanced Solid State Lasers (ASSL) 2020

Previous Article Next Article

Presentation Video

Presentation video access is available to:

Optica Publishing Group subscribers
Technical meeting attendees
Optica members who wish to use one of their free downloads. Please download the article first. After downloading, please refresh this page.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access Optica Member Subscription or free downloads