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Tunable, passively Q-switched single-longitudinal-mode Nd:YVO4 laser using a chirped volume Bragg grating

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A Nd:YVO4 laser was locked with a chirped volume Bragg grating to achieve single-longitudinal-mode output. Tuning was performed from 1,063 to 1,065 nm by translating the grating and a maximum output power of 4 W was obtained. With a Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber, Q-switched pulses with 4 ns and a pulse energy of 5.7 μJ were achieved which could be frequency doubled in PPKTP with a conversion efficiency exceeding 50 %.

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This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council (VR) through its Linnæus Center of Excellence ADOPT and the European FAST-DOT project. We would like to acknowledge Leonid Glebov and Vadim Smirnov at Optigrate, CA, for kindly providing the grating used in these experiments.

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    K. Seger, N. Meiser, C. Canalias, V. Pasiskevicius & F. Laurell

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Seger, K., Meiser, N., Canalias, C. et al. Tunable, passively Q-switched single-longitudinal-mode Nd:YVO4 laser using a chirped volume Bragg grating. Appl. Phys. B 109, 99–103 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-012-5127-1

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