• DocumentCode
    3057890
  • Title

    Sub-nanosecond timing jitter in a passively Q-switched microlaser by active Q-switched laser bleaching

  • Author

    Han-Sung Chan ; Shao-Yu Wang ; Shou-Tai Lin ; Kung, Andrew H.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Atomic & Mol. Sci., Taipei, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report a diode-pumped, single frequency, low timing jitter passively Q-switched Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG microlaser. 245 μJ, sub-nanosecond pulses within 632 picosecond pulse-to-pulse timing jitter by optical bleaching using an actively Q-switched pulsed laser.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; chromium; neodymium; solid lasers; timing jitter; YAG:Nd-YAG:Cr; active Q-switched laser bleaching; actively Q-switched pulsed laser; diode pumped; energy 245 muJ; low timing jitter; passively Q-switched microlaser; pulse-to-pulse timing jitter; single frequency; subnanosecond pulse laser; subnanosecond timing jitter; time 632 ps; Bleaching; Jitter; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Microchip lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600166
  • Filename
    6600166