Abstract
We experimentally investigate crystals doped with tetravalent chromium or divalent cobalt as saturable absorbers for passive Q-switching of visible solid-state lasers. The recovery time of the ground-state and excited-state absorption cross sections are determined by pump-probe and Z-scan measurements, respectively. We provide saturation intensities, useful wavelength ranges of the investigated materials, and advices to realize passive Q-switching of visible lasers using these crystals as saturable absorbers.
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