• DocumentCode
    2054215
  • Title

    High-energy Q-switched Er:YAG laser with Laguerre-Gaussian (LG01) mode output

  • Author

    Kim, J.W. ; Mackenzie, J.I. ; Hayes, J.R. ; Clarkson, W.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    22-26 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    The paper reports an alternative and very simple strategy for directly generating a high quality LG01mode in a laser, which is especially well-suited for hybrid (fibre-laser-pumped) bulk solid-state laser architectures and hence offers the prospect of very high average output power in continuous-wave (cw) and pulsed modes of operation. Using this approach, the work has operated an Er:YAG laser, in-band pumped by an Er,Yb fibre laser, with a high quality radially-polarized LG01 mode output in cw and Q-switched mode of operation.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; erbium; laser beams; laser modes; light polarisation; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; Er,Yb fibre laser; Er:YAG laser; LG01mode; Q-switching; YAG:Er; continuous-wave modes; fibre-laser-pumping; pulsed modes; radial polarization; solid-state laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0533-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    Pending
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942442
  • Filename
    5942442
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2054215