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Compact efficient diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 Q-switched blue laser with intracavity frequency tripling

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We demonstrate a compact efficient diode-pumped acousto-optically Q-switched intracavity-frequency-tripled Nd:YVO4 blue laser. The optimum polarization state is experimentally investigated to optimize the output performance. Greater than 280 mW of 447-nm average power at a repetition rate of 25 kHz was generated with a 15-W diode pump power. At 25 kHz, the pulse width is shorter than 15 ns and the peak power is higher than 800 W.

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  1. Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Y. F. Chen, Y. S. Chen, T. H. Ou & K. W. Su

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Chen, Y.F., Chen, Y.S., Ou, T.H. et al. Compact efficient diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 Q-switched blue laser with intracavity frequency tripling. Appl. Phys. B 81, 517–520 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-1897-z

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