6-mJ, 4-ns Pulse Generation at 2.09 $\hat{I}¼$m from a Diode-Pumped Ho:YAG Thin-Disk Laser

Y. Koshiba, J. Mužík, M. Smrž +4

A holmium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Ho:YAG) thin-disk was experimentally investigated under Q-switching and cavity-dumping operation schemes, pumped by a 1.9 $\hat{I}¼$m laser-diode…