Flash-lamp-pumped Ho: YAG (2090-nm) and Tm: YAG (2017-nm) lasers were, for the first
time to our knowledge, passively Q switched by use of a Cr^ 2+: ZnSe saturable absorber. A …

We describe a diode-pumped, passively Q-switched 2 μm Tm: YAP laser generating 10.5 W
of average power. The laser utilized a Cr^ 2+: ZnS saturable absorber with a nonsaturated …

In a previous work [Appl. Phys. Lett. 65, 3060 (1994)] we experimentally demonstrated that
passive Q switching of a 2017-nm, flashlamp-pumped Tm, Cr: YAG laser with a Ho: YLF …

A diode-pumped Tm, Ho: KLu (WO_4) _2 microchip laser passively Q-switched with a Cr:
ZnS saturable absorber generated an average output power of 131 mW at 2063.6 nm with a …

We demonstrated laser operation of a passively Q-switched diode-pumped Er: YAG solid-
state laser emitting at 1645 or 1617 nm depending on the initial transmission of the Cr: ZnSe …

Q-switched output of 1.1 J∕ pulse at a 2.053 μ m wavelength has been achieved in a diode-
pumped Ho: Tm: LuLF laser with a side-pumped rod configuration in a master-oscillator …

We report, what is to our knowledge, the first passively Q-switched operation of a 2.3-μm
Tm^ 3+: YLF laser by using a Cr^ 2+: ZnSe saturable absorber. In the experiments, a tunable …

In this paper, we compare pulse parameters in two end-pumped passively Q-switched lasers
by increasing the boundary temperature of the laser crystal. For the Nd: YAG/Cr: YAG laser …

We report a flashlamp pumped mechanically Q-switched (MQS) 2.94 μm Er: YAG laser
based on a spinning mirror with a highest output energy of 805 mJ at a pulse duration of 61 …

A fiber-coupled laser-diode end-pumped passively Q-switched Nd: YVO 4 laser with a Cr 4+:
YAG saturable absorber is realized, providing pulse widths of 107 to 240 ns with pulse …