DocumentCode
1129877
Title
Intracavity electrooptic frequency tuning, polarization switching, and Q-switching of a Nd:YAG laser oscillator
Author
Carlson, Duane G. ; Siegman, Anthony E.
Author_Institution
Stanford university, CAlifornia, Usa
Volume
4
Issue
3
fYear
1968
fDate
3/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
93
Lastpage
98
Abstract
An intracavity voltage-tunable laser frequency and polarization selector consisting of a birefringent electrooptic crystal and a partial polarizer is presented. The polarization eigenmodes and eigenvalues of this system have been calculated and verified by experimental results showing electronic frequency tuning of a CW Nd:YAG laser over at least 130 GHz at 1.06 micron. Electronic polarization switching of the laser oscillation between orthogonal linear polarizations is also obtained.
Keywords
Birefringence; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Frequency; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical resonators; Oscillators;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1968.1075032
Filename
1075032
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