• DocumentCode
    2873256
  • Title

    Passively Q-switched Nd:YAG microchip laser over 1-MW peak output power for micro drilling

  • Author

    Taira, Takunori ; Matsuoka, Yoshihiko ; Sakai, Hiroshi ; Sone, Akihiro ; Kan, Hirohumi

  • Author_Institution
    Laser Res. Center for Mol. Sci., Inst. for Mol. Sci., Okazaki
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report a palm top size passively Q-switched Nd:YAG microchip laser capable of producing lineally polarized 1.7-MW peak-power. This high-brightness laser enables to realize the efficient frequency doubling for micro drilling to stainless plates.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; drilling; laser beam machining; microchip lasers; micromachining; Nd:YAG microchip laser; frequency doubling; micro drilling; passively Q-switched; power 1.7 MW; stainless plates; Crystallography; Drilling; Frequency; Laser theory; Microchip lasers; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Steel;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628364
  • Filename
    4628364