DocumentCode
1876778
Title
Sub-nanosecond pulses from passively Q-switched microchip lasers at 1.53 /spl mu/m
Author
Haring, R. ; Paschotta, R. ; Gini, E. ; Melchior, H. ; Keller, Ulrich
Author_Institution
Inst. for Quantum Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
fYear
1999
fDate
28-28 May 1999
Firstpage
518
Lastpage
519
Abstract
Summary form only given. We demonstrated the first sub-nanosecond pulses at 1.53 /spl mu/m from a passively Q-switched microchip laser. Peak powers of up to 4.7 kW were generated. We found that the alignment of the output coupler is surprisingly critical for the performance and that significantly shortened pulses can be obtained by deliberately using a small tilt.
Keywords
Q-switching; high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; laser transitions; optical couplers; semiconductor lasers; 1.53 mum; 4.7 kW; output coupler; passively Q-switched microchip laser; passively Q-switched microchip lasers; peak powers; small tilt; sub-nanosecond pulses; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Microchip lasers; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Polarization; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-595-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834532
Filename
834532
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