Passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser with a Cr4+:YAG crystal saturable absorber

We demonstrate, for the first time as far as Re known, a passively Q-switched operation of a Nd:YVO4 laser in which a Cr4+:YAG crystal and a laser-diode bar are used as the saturable absorber and the pump source, respectively. Stable laser pulses as short as 28 ns with 20-mu J energy can be generated with this laser, which has the advantages of simplicity, high efficiency, and good long-term stability. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.

Autopoiese e autoerotismo na transferência

Assumindo uma leitura histórica descontinuísta do pensamento de Freud e privilegiando nele a dimensão pulsional do psíquico, as intensidades e os afetos, o presente trabalho busca demonstrar a ocorrência de uma operação criadora que a transferência faz comparecer no entre-dois do encontro clínico. O sentido de operação criadora aqui adotado encontra-se na idéia de autopoiese, uma idéia extraída da biologia contemporânea na qual identificamos afinidades significativas com o conceito freudiano de autoerotismo, o modo de operar originário das pulsões. Retomando este conceito seminal de Freud e fazendo-o dialogar com a autopoiese do vivo demonstrada por Humberto Maturana e Francisco Varela, visamos repensar o autoerotismo dentro da teoria das pulsões, concebendo-o como aquilo que define essencialmente a maquínica pulsional e que, como tal, perpetua-se no sujeito como uma operação criadora contínua. Se o autoerotismo é o infantil pré-individual, pré-narcísico, que em nós se perpetua, é na transferência que ele se repete, potencializando um plano intensivo de parcialidades multiformes mediante o qual a clínica pode ser concebida como um processo de criação de novas formas de si, de novas modalidades de existência para um sujeito.

A new Yb-doped oxyorthosilicate laser crystal: Yb : Gd2SiO5

A new Yb-doped oxyorthosilicate laser crystal, Yb:Gd2SiO5 (Yb:GSO), has been grown by the Czochralski (Cz) method. The crystal structure was determined by means of X-ray diffraction analysis. Room temperature absorption and fluorescence spectra of Yb3+ ions in GSO crystal were measured. Then. spectroscopic parameters of Yb:GSO were calculated and compared with those of another Yb-doped oxyorthosilicate crystal Yb:YSO. Results indicated that Yb:GSO crystal seemed to be a very promising laser gain media in generating ultra-pulses and tunable solid state laser applications. As expected, the output power of 2.72 W at 1089 nm was achieved in Yb:GSO crystal with absorbed power of only 4.22 W at 976 nm, corresponding to the slope efficiency of 71.2% through the preliminary laser experiment. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Low-threshold diode-pumped Yb3+, Na+: CaF2 self-Q-switched laser

For the first time to our knowledge, the laser performance of Yb3+, Na+-codoped CaF2 single crystals was demonstrated. Self-Q-switched laser operation at 1050nm was observed for 976 nm diode pumping at room temperature. On 5 W of incident power, the repetition rate and width of the self-Q-switched pulses reached 28 kHz and 1.5 mu s, respectively. A maximal slope efficiency of 20.3% and minimal threshold absorbed pump power of 30 mW were respectively achieved with different output couplers, showing the promising application of Yb3+, Na+-codoped CaF2 crystals as compact and efficient solid-state lasers. (C) 2005 Optical Society of America.