• DocumentCode
    3000525
  • Title

    Repetition-rate-stabilized high power passively Q-switched Nd:YAG microchip laser

  • Author

    Ding, Jianwu ; Geiger, Allen R.

  • Author_Institution
    Akamai Phys., Inc., Las Cruces
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A compact diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG microchip laser capable of 1-5kHz adjustable repetition-rate-stabilized pulses using an appropriate pump modulation technique was developed. It outputs linearly-polarized pulses with 3ns pulsewidth, 100muJ energy and <1% jitter.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; laser beams; microchip lasers; neodymium; optical modulation; optical pumping; YAG:Nd; appropriate pump modulation technique; diode-pumped passively Q-switched microchip laser; frequency 1 kHz to 5 kHz; high power passively Q- switched microchip laser; linearly-polarized pulse; repetition-rate-stabilized pulse; Diode lasers; Frequency; Jitter; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse modulation; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452343
  • Filename
    4452343