Zolotovskaya, Svetlana and Yumashev, K. V. and Kuleshov, N. V. and Matrosov, V. N. and Matrosova, T. A. and Kupchenko, M. I. (2007) Absorption saturation properties and laser Q-switch performance of Cr5+-doped YVO4 crystal. Applied Physics B, 86 (4). pp. 667-671. ISSN 0946-2171
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The ground-state and excited-state absorption cross sections of a Cr5+:YVO4 single crystal were determined by the intensity-dependant transmission measurements to be(2.0±0.4)×10-18 cm2 and less than 0.1×10-18 cm2 at 1.08 μm, respectively. The bleaching relaxation time of the Cr5+:YVO4 crystal was estimated to be 3.5±1.5 ns. Passive Q-switching of a diode-pumped Yb3+:YVO4 laser with the Cr5+:YVO4 saturable absorber was realized.