Title :
Spatially-resolved pulse-front-tilt and pulse-width distributions of Q-switched pulses from an unstable Nd:YAG resonator
Author :
Chengyong Feng ; Xiaozhen Xu ; Diels, Jean-Claude
Author_Institution :
CHTM, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Pulse-front-tilt and negligible pulse-width spread across the laser beam are reported, both experimentally and numerically, for pulses from a Q-switched unstable resonator with a variable-reflectivity-mirror under different operation conditions.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; reflectivity; solid lasers; Q-switched pulses; Q-switched unstable resonator; YAG:Nd; laser beam; spatially-resolved pulse-front-tilt distributions; spatially-resolved pulse-width distributions; unstable neodymium:YAG resonator; variable-reflectivity-mirror; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Optical attenuators; Optical resonators; Optimized production technology; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
