High-power Q-switched Er:YAG laser designed for medical applications

Marek Skórczakowski; Andrzej Zając; Jacek Świderski; Piotr Nyga; Jan Kasprzak; Dariusz Kęcik

doi:10.1117/12.622723

11 October 2005 High-power Q-switched Er:YAG laser designed for medical applications

Marek Skórczakowski, Andrzej Zając, Jacek Świderski, Piotr Nyga, Jan Kasprzak, Dariusz Kęcik

Proceedings Volume 5958, Lasers and Applications; 59582A (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.622723
Event: Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics, 2005, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

In this paper we report on a record 1.4 MW peak power, actively Q-switched Er:YAG laser operating at 2.94 μm. As a result of our experiment, at 3 Hz repetition rate, we achieved 91 ns pulses with 137 mJ energy. At higher repetition rate (10 Hz) the laser generated 100 ns pulses with 35 mJ energy. These results, according to our knowledge, are the best that have been ever achieved.

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Marek Skórczakowski, Andrzej Zając, Jacek Świderski, Piotr Nyga, Jan Kasprzak, and Dariusz Kęcik "High-power Q-switched Er:YAG laser designed for medical applications", Proc. SPIE 5958, Lasers and Applications, 59582A (11 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.622723

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