Abstract
A diode-pumped laser passively Q switched by a semiconductor absorber is demonstrated. The Q-switched operation of the laser has an average output power of with a incident pump power. The minimum pulse width is measured to be about with a repetition rate of . To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a solid-state laser passively Q-switched by such a composite semiconductor absorber.
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