We investigated the conditions for forming the single-frequency monopulse operation mode of the transversally diode pumped Yb,Er-phosphate glass laser with a passive Q-switch based on the Co2+:MgAl2O4 crystal. It was shown experimentally that the spectral selectivity that ensures the stable single-frequency operation for the Yb,Er-laser is achieved in the intracavity Fabry–Perot interferometer in the form of the totally reflecting mirror and nearest end surface of an active element with plane-parallel faces, as well as the polarization interference filter (PIF, Lyot filter). Meanwhile, the PIF created by an active element with thermally induced anisotropy and a polarizer in the form of a passive Q-switch plate, oriented at Brewster’s angle to the resonator axis, acts as a preliminary spectral selector. The maximum energy of the formed output laser pulses was 6 mJ with a duration of 20.2 ns, a repetition rate of 1 Hz, and a single-frequency lasing spectrum width of 41 MHz.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 88, No. 1, pp. 57–64, January–February, 2021.
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Batura, E.O., Bogdanovich, M.V., Grigor’ev, A.V. et al. Single-Frequency Transversally Diode Pumped Yb,Er-Laser with Passive Q-Switching Unit. J Appl Spectrosc 88, 48–54 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-021-01139-x
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