• DocumentCode
    1352355
  • Title

    Effect of Polarization States on the Laser Performance of Passively Q -switched Yb:YAG/Cr,Ca:YAG Microchip Lasers

  • Author

    Dong, Jun ; Ueda, Ken-ichi ; Yagi, Hideki ; Kaminskii, Alexander A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    50
  • Lastpage
    56
  • Abstract
    The polarization states of passively Q-switched microchip lasers were investigated by adopting different combinations of Yb:YAG, Cr,Ca:YAG crystals and ceramics. The results show that except for the random polarization oscillation of Yb:YAG/Cr,Ca:YAG all-ceramics combination, other three combinations including crystals exhibit linearly polarization. Highly efficient, nearly diffraction-limited beam quality, high peak power, sub-nanosecond passively Q-switched lasers were obtained for all combinations of Yb:YAG, Cr,Ca:YAG ceramics and crystals. The best laser performance was obtained with Yb:YAG/Cr,Ca:YAG crystals combination. The effect of polarization states on the laser performance was also addressed.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; calcium; chromium; microchip lasers; polarisation; ytterbium; YAG:Cr,Ca; YAG:Yb; all ceramics combination; linear polarization; microchip lasers; passively Q-switched lasers; polarization states; random polarization oscillation; Absorption; Ceramics; Crystals; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical pulses; Polarization; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Ceramics; Cr,Ca:YAG; Yb:YAG; crystal; microchip lasers; passively Q-switched; polarization states;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.2009.2024433
  • Filename
    5350978
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1352355