• DocumentCode
    3533884
  • Title

    Q-switching of Nd:YAG solid-state laser with intra-cavity MEMS resonant scanning mirror

  • Author

    Bauer, Ralf ; Lubeigt, Walter ; Uttamchandani, Deepak

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    6-9 Aug. 2012
  • Firstpage
    81
  • Lastpage
    82
  • Abstract
    A comb-drive actuated MEMS scanning mirror is used to actively Q-switch a side-pumped Nd:YAG laser. Minimum pulse durations of 38 ns are observed and maximum average output powers of 55 mW at 17.625 kHz pulse repetition frequency.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; microactuators; micromirrors; neodymium; solid lasers; Nd:YAG solid-state laser; Q-switching; YAG:Nd; comb-drive actuated mirror; frequency 17.625 kHz; intra-cavity MEMS resonant scanning mirror; side-pumped Nd:YAG laser; Cavity resonators; Coatings; Electrostatics; Micromechanical devices; Mirrors; Semiconductor lasers; Electrostatic MEMS scanning mirror; Solid-state laser; active Q-switching; inta-cavity MEMS mirror;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Banff, AB
  • ISSN
    2160-5033
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1511-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318812
  • Filename
    6318812