In order to research the applied advantages of composite crystals to the passively
Q
-switched lasers
a compact diode-end-pumped passively
Q
-switched laser was built up with a Yb:YAG/Cr
4+
:YAG/YAG composite crystal for generating efficient 1 030 nm and 515 nm pulsed lasers. The effects of pump power and initial transmission
T
0
on the laser properties were studied. As a result
a 1 030 nm laser with an average power of 1.97 W is obtained at
T
0
of 95% with slope efficiency of 33%
and the pulse peak power reaches to 87 kW at
T
0
of 85% with pulse width of 3.14 ns. In addition
in the frequency-doubled experiment with LBO
a green laser with higher output power of 634 mW is obtained at
T
0
of 90% with slope efficiency of 11.2% and pulse width of 15 ns. Finally
the red shift of spectrum and the leakage of output mirror were studied
as well as the method for increasing output power of green laser.
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