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We report on an efficient high-power passively Q-switched UV laser at 355 nm. We take into account the second threshold criterion and the thermal-lensing effect to design and realize a compact reliable passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser with Cr4+:YAG as a saturable absorber. At an incident pump power of 16.3 W, the average output power at 1064 nm reaches 6.2 W with a pulse width of 7 ns and a pulse repetition rate of 56 kHz. Employing the developed passively Q-switched laser to perform the extra-cavity harmonic generations, the maximum average output powers at 532 nm and 355 nm are up to 2.2 W and 1.62 W, respectively.
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Huang, Y.J., Huang, Y.P., Chiang, P.Y. et al. High-power passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 UV laser at 355 nm. Appl. Phys. B 106, 893–898 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4758-y
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