Title :
Tunable and passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser using a chirped volume Bragg grating
Author :
Seger, K. ; Jelger, P. ; Jacobsson, B. ; Pasiskevicius, V. ; Laurell, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
A Nd:YVO4 laser was locked with a chirped volume Bragg grating. Tuning was performed from 1063 nm to 1065 nm by grating translation with 4 W maximum output power. With Cr:YAG, Q-switched pulses with 17 ns, 8 muJ were achieved.
Keywords :
Q-switching; chirp modulation; chromium; diffraction gratings; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser tuning; neodymium; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YAG:Cr; YVO4:Nd; chirped volume Bragg grating; energy 8 muJ; laser locking; laser tuning; passively Q-switched solid laser; power 4 W; saturable absorber; time 17 ns; wavelength 1063 nm to 1065 nm; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Distributed feedback devices; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical tuning; Pump lasers; (050.7330) Volume gratings; (140.3600) Lasers, tunable;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
