• DocumentCode
    2055061
  • Title

    Controllable direction switching of vortex output in a Nd:YVO4 bounce laser

  • Author

    Okida, Masahito ; Huang, Je-Yen ; Chen, Yung-Fu ; Omatsu, Takashige

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Adv. Integration Sci., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    22-26 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this paper, direction switching of the vortex output for a pump power in a diode-pumped Nd doped YVO4 bounce amplifier is addressed for the first time. The wavefront of the vortex output by utilizing interferograms formed between the output and a spherical reference beam is also investigated. This experiment showed that the rotational direction of the vortex output is controllable without any modification of the cavity by merely changing the pump power, though a complete characterization would require further experiments.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; neodymium; optical pumping; optical switches; optical vortices; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Nd:YVO4 bounce laser; YVO4:Nd; controllable direction switching; interferograms; pump power; vortex; Clocks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0533-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    Pending
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942477
  • Filename
    5942477
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2055061