Title :
A piezoelectrically-driven saturable-absorber mirror for Q-switching of a diode-pumped Nd3+:YVO4 laser
Author :
Inoue, A. ; Hayashi, J. ; Takahashi, Y. ; Nakamura, N. ; Komikado, T. ; Umegaki, S.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci. & Technol, Keio Univ., Yokohama
Abstract :
A flexible saturable-absorber mirror was piezoelectrically vibrated for Q-switching of a laser-diode-pumped Nd3+:YVO4 microchip laser. The double Q-switch led to increase of the peak pulse-power and of the repetitive-pulse stability in power and rate.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser beams; laser mirrors; laser stability; microchip lasers; neodymium; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; piezoelectric devices; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YVO4:Nd3+; double Q-switching; laser-diode-pumped microchip laser; piezoelectrically-driven flexible saturable-absorber mirror; pulse-power stability; repetitive-pulse stability; vibration; Diodes; Microchip lasers; Mirrors; Neodymium; Optical films; Optical polymers; Piezoelectric films; Polymer films; Semiconductor lasers; Voltage; (140.3480) Lasers, diode-pumped; (140.3540) Lasers, Q-switched; (160.5470) Polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628053
