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Neodymium Vanadate Lasers Get Even Better

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Experimental work leads to improvements in both continuous and pulsed lasers.

Breck Hitz

Neodymium vanadate lasers have found broad acceptance in materials processing, displays and other applications as a result of their high gain, polarized output and high optical efficiency. Recently, scientists at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern and at Lumera Laser GmbH, both in Kaiserslautern, Germany, demonstrated techniques to enhance the pumping efficiency and the output power of these lasers, and to maintain a constant pulse duration from a Q-switched laser despite dramatic changes in pulse repetition frequency. The pump-light absorption of Nd:YVO4 is polarization-dependent, with...Read full article

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