Q-SWITCHING OF A DIODE-PUMPED ND-YVO4 LASER USING A QUADRUPOLE ELECTROOPTIC DEFLECTOR

Authors
FRIEL GJ CONROY RS KEMP AJ SINCLAIR BD LEY JM
Citation
Gj. Friel et al., Q-SWITCHING OF A DIODE-PUMPED ND-YVO4 LASER USING A QUADRUPOLE ELECTROOPTIC DEFLECTOR, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 67(2), 1998, pp. 267-270
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
67
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
267 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1998)67:2<267:QOADNL>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Quadrupole electro-optic deflectors were fabricated from 3 mm x 3 mm x 11 mm crystals of lithium-tantalate and lithium-niobate. These device s had a low optical loss and produced linear beam deflections of 6 mra d/kV. The deflectors were used to Q-switch a miniature-diode-pumped Nd :YVO4 laser and this produced 1.5-ns pulses of 7 kW peak power at a re petition rate of 20 kHz.