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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Banff, AB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1511-2
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318812
