Crystalline-orientation selected linearly polarized Yb:YAG microchip laser

Author

Dong, J. ; Shirakawa, A. ; Ueda, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, we present the experimental demonstration of a linearly polarized continuous-wave microchip laser based on cubic Yb:YAG crystal selected by the crystalline orientations in the (111) plane when the light propagates along the [111] direction. The effect of pump power induced birefringence and depolarization on the crystalline orientation selected linearly polarized states of continuous-wave Yb:YAG microchip lasers was addressed.

Keywords

birefringence; crystal orientation; laser beams; light polarisation; microchip lasers; optical pumping; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; YAG:Yb; crystalline-orientation selection; light propagation; linearly polarized continuous-wave laser; microchip laser; pump power-induced birefringence effect; pump power-induced depolarization effect; Birefringence; Crystallization; Extinction ratio; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Microchip lasers; Optical polarization; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196600

Filename

5196600