• DocumentCode
    2868264
  • 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
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628053
  • Filename
    4628053
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2868264