Abstract

Nd:YVO₄ microchip lasers have been electro-optically Q switched to produce 12-μJ pulses of 115-ps duration at repetition rates of up to 1 kHz. At a repetition rate of 2.25 MHz, 0.16-μJ pulses with an 8.8-ns duration were obtained.

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