Title :
A thermally compensated, deuterated KDP Q-switch for high average power lasers
Author :
Nakano, H. ; Kanz, K. ; Ebbers, C.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kinki Univ., Osaka, Japan
Abstract :
Summary from only given. We have built and tested a scaleable, half-aperture, dual KD/sub 2/PO/sub 4/ (DKDP) crystal Pockels cell, which, in off-line testing, exhibits less than 0.5% depolarization when thermally loaded with a 100 W near-infrared laser. The arrangement uses a pair of DKDP crystals as a thermally compensated Q-switch.
Keywords :
Pockels effect; Q-switching; compensation; electro-optical switches; laser accessories; laser beams; optical materials; potassium compounds; 100 W; DKDP crystals; KD/sub 2/PO/sub 4/; depolarization; high average power lasers; near-infrared laser; off-line testing; scaleable half-aperture dual DKDP crystal Pockels cell; thermally compensated Q-switch; thermally compensated deuterated KDP Q-switch; thermally loaded; Apertures; Birefringence; Crystals; Laboratories; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Power lasers; Testing; Thermal loading;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033588
