Saturable absorber Q-switches for tunable near-IR solid-state lasers

Author

Yen-Kuang Kuo ; Unlu, F. ; Man-Fang Huang ; Birnbaum, M. ; Fuqua, P.D. ; Dunn, B.

Author_Institution

Center for Laser Studies, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

144

Lastpage

145

Abstract

Summary form only given. An organically-modified silicate (ORMO-SIL) doped with 1,1´,3,3,3´,3´-hexamethylindotricarbocyanine iodide (HITCI) was shown to function as a saturable absorber Q-switch for a number of near-IR solid-state lasers. The broad absorption (peak near 750 nm) indicates the potential application of this material as a saturable absorber Q-switch for the Cr:LiCAF laser (tunable from 725 to 880 nm), the alexandrite laser (tunable from 700 to 818 nm), and the ruby laser (at 694 nm).

Keywords

Q-switching; chromium; laser tuning; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; 1,1´,3,3,3´,3´-hexamethylindotricarbocyanine iodide; 694 nm; 700 to 818 nm; 725 to 840 nm; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Cr; BeAl/sub 2/O/sub 4/:Cr; Cr:LiCAF laser; HITCI dopant; LiCaAlF/sub 6/:Cr; ORMO-SIL; alexandrite laser; organically-modified silicate; ruby laser; saturable absorber Q-switch; tunable near-IR solid-state laser; Absorption; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; Space vector pulse width modulation; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864478