Q-SWITCHING OF A HIGH-POWER SOLID-STATE LASER BY A FAST SCANNING FABRY-PEROT-INTERFEROMETER

Authors
BABURIN NV BOROZDOV YV DANILEIKO YK DENKER BI IVANOV AD IFFLANDER R KERTESZ I KROO N OSIKO VV SVERCHKOV SE SIDORIN AV HACK R CHIKOV VA
Citation
Nv. Baburin et al., Q-SWITCHING OF A HIGH-POWER SOLID-STATE LASER BY A FAST SCANNING FABRY-PEROT-INTERFEROMETER, Quantum electronics, 28(7), 1998, pp. 616-619
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637818
Volume
28
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
616 - 619
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7818(1998)28:7<616:QOAHSL>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
An investigation was made of the suitability of a Q-switch, based on a piezoelectrically scanned short-base Fabry-Perot interferometer, for an Nd3+:YAG laser with an average output radiation power up to 2 kW. T he proposed switch made it possible to generate giant pulses of 60-300 ns duration at a repetition rate of 20-100 kHz. Throughout the invest igated range of the pulse repetition rates the average power was at le ast equal to that obtained by cw lasing. Special requirements to be sa tisfied by the interferometer, essential for efficient e-switching, we re considered.