Title :
Passively Q-switched 180-ps Nd:LSB microchip laser
Author :
Braun, B. ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Keller, Ulrich ; Meyn, J.-P. ; Huber, Gunter
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Quantum Electron., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We demonstrate a Nd:LaSc/sub 3/(BO/sub 3/)/sub 4/ (Nd:LSB) microchip laser passively Q-switched by an antiresonant Fabry-Perot saturable absorber (A-FPSA) and have achieved the shortest reported pulses from a passively Q-switched solid-state laser.
Keywords :
Q-switching; neodymium; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; 180 ps; LaSc/sub 3/(BO/sub 3/)/sub 4/:Nd; Nd:LSB microchip laser; antiresonant Fabry-Perot saturable absorber; passive Q-switching; pulses; solid-state laser; Diodes; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Reflectivity; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
