Abstract
We present an efficient Q-switched dual-crystal Ho3+:YAG laser resonator achieving an output power of 56 W at an incident pump power of 100.7 W with a slope efficiency of 64.4%. The setup was pump power limited. Notably, by carefully tuning multiple etalons placed within the cavity, we achieved a single-line spectral emission at 2122 nm. This deviates from the typical emission wavelengths of 2090 nm or 2096 nm for Ho3+:YAG at comparable output powers in Q-switched operation. The laser exhibited very good beam quality, approaching diffraction-limited performance with an excellent M2- < 1.2. At the maximum output power, a pulse FWHM of 100 ns was measured.
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