Diode-pumped passively Q-switched yellow laser with SrWO4 Raman crystal and ceramic Nd:YAG gain medium

A diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG/SrWO4/KTP yellow laser is presented for the first time. As high as 1.02 W average output power was obtained at a pump power of 14.0 W with a pulse repetition frequency of 21.9 kHz and the corresponding diode-to-yellow conversion efficiency was 7.29%. The highest pulse energy of 56.2 μJ was obtained at a pump power of 7.2 W.