Abstract

Diode pumped solid-state laser is a rapidly growing field. Passively Q-switched micro-chip lasers are particularly interesting as they can give short pulses (<ns) with high peak power (kW) for moderate diode pump powers in an extremely simple configuration. A disadvantage, however, is that the passively Q-switched laser has a considerable pulse repetition frequency jitter accompanied by pulse to pulse amplitude fluctuation [1].

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