Title :
Generating picosecond pulses from Q-switched microchip lasers
Author :
Buter, Alex C. ; Spence, David J. ; Coutts, David W.
Author_Institution :
MQ Photonics Res. Centre, Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
A semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) is used as an end mirror in a solid state microchip laser cavity to generate Q-switched pulses of 22 ps duration. A numerical model based on the rate equations is used to predict the output of such a laser based on various parameters, such as cavity length and SESAM properties, and potential designs are constructed and tested.
Keywords :
Q-switching; microchip lasers; numerical analysis; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; Q-switched microchip lasers; SESAM; numerical model; picosecond pulses generation; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; solid state microchip laser cavity; time 22 ps; Cavity resonators; Laser mode locking; Microchip lasers; Numerical models; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193702
