Title :
Radially-polarized, Q-switched pulses from a side-pumped Nd:YVO4 compact stigmatic bounce laser with a photonic crystal output coupler
Author :
Omatsu, T. ; Iwamatsu, K. ; Chard, S.P. ; Minassian, A. ; Damzen, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Image Sci., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
This paper presents the first demonstration of a radially polarized Nd:YVO4 stigmatic compact bounce laser producing 6.0 W of Q-switched output. The system can also be mode-locked to produce ultrashort radially-polarized pulses.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser mode locking; light polarisation; neodymium; optical couplers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; photonic crystals; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Q-switching; YVO4:Nd; laser mode locking; photonic crystal output coupler; radial polarization; side pumping; stigmatic compact bounce laser; ultrashort pulse generation; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical switches; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942441