Abstract We proposed a Ho: GdVO 4 laser operating at 2.05 µm in-band directly pumped by
the 1.94 μm fiber-coupled laser diode, which electro-optically Q-switched by an LGS (La 3 …

In this paper we report on a continuous-wave and electro-optically (EO) Q-switched Ho-
doped lutetium vanadate (Ho: LuVO 4) laser dual end-pumped by two laser diodes at 1.94 …

A high-pulse-energy mid-infrared light source is presented, based on a zinc–germanium–
phosphide optical parametric oscillator (ZGP OPO) pumped by an actively Q-switched high …

In this paper, an efficient electro-optical Q-switched performance of a 0.5% Ho: YLF laser
pumped by a Tm: fiber laser at single-pass and double-pass configurations was studied …

The conversion efficiency and phase matching bandwidth of ultrafast optical parametric
amplification (OPA) are constrained by the dispersion and nonlinear coefficient of the …

The thermal effect on the output characteristics was analyzed in an end-pumped Ho: YLF
laser by applying the Kirchhoff integral analytic solution and finite element analysis using …

High energy laser sources operating around 2 µm are of interest in variety of applications:
LIDAR, material processing, medicine and pump sources for optical parametric oscillators …

We report on a high-efficiency, high-power tandem Ho: YAG single-crystal fiber (SCF) laser
in-band pumped by a Tm-doped fiber laser at 1907 nm. In addition to the uniform heat …

In this Special Issue on Cryogenically Cooled Lasers, we capture a snapshot of the state-of-
the-art laser systems that capitalise on the benefits of operating the gain material at …

High energy laser sources operating around 2 µm are of interest in a variety of applications:
LIDAR, material processing, medicine and pump sources for optical parametric oscillators …