Title :
Diode-pumped Er:Yb:YAG 1.65-micron laser with FTIR Q-switching
Author :
Georgiou, E. ; Musset, O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technol. Educ. Inst. of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Abstract :
This paper details the Q-switched operation of the diode-pumped laser, using a piezo-electric "FTIR" optical modulator, based on the principle of Frustrated Total Internal Reflection. This Q-switch consists of two adjacent orthogonal glass prisms, with their hypotenuse facets separated by a thin gap, which are driven to contact by two attached piezoelectric stacks under a short high-voltage pulse.
Keywords :
Q-switching; erbium; light reflection; optical glass; optical modulation; optical prisms; optical pumping; piezoelectric devices; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1.65 micron; Q-switching; YAG:Er,Yb; YAl5O12:Er,Yb; diode-pumped laser; frustrated total internal reflection; optical modulator; orthogonal glass prism; piezo-electric FTIR; Diodes; Laser tuning; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567856
