DocumentCode
3543836
Title
Q-switching of an Er:YAG laser using evanescent wave absorption in ethanol
Author
Vodopyanov, K.L. ; Shori, R. ; Stafsudd, O.M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fYear
1998
fDate
3-8 May 1998
Firstpage
300
Lastpage
301
Abstract
Summary form only given. We describe here a simple design of passive Q-switching of an Er:YAG-laser using the bleachable absorption of the evanescent EM wave at the interface between the reflecting surface of a high-refractive-index prism and strongly absorbing liquid, in this case ethanol.
Keywords
Q-switching; erbium; optical prisms; optical saturable absorption; refractive index; solid lasers; Er:YAG laser Q-switching; Er:YAG-laser; YAG:Er; YAl5O12:Er; bleachable absorption; ethanol; evanescent EM wave; evanescent wave absorption; high-refractive-index prism; passive Q-switching; reflecting surface; strongly absorbing liquid; Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Ethanol; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves; Polarization; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-339-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.1998.676195
Filename
676195
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