Eye-safe actively Q-switched microchip laser with an electro-absorbing semiconductor modulator

Authors
Hansson, BT Friberg, AT
Citation
Bt. Hansson et At. Friberg, Eye-safe actively Q-switched microchip laser with an electro-absorbing semiconductor modulator, OPTICS LETT, 26(14), 2001, pp. 1057-1059
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
14
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1057 - 1059
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20010715)26:14<1057:EAQMLW>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We present what we believe to be the first actively Q-switched monolithic m icrochip laser with a wavelength of 1.55 mum that uses an electro-absorbing semiconductor modulator. At an absorbed pump power of 130 mW and a switchi ng voltage of 2.2 V, the laser produces 470-nJ pulses at a repetition rate of 10 kHz. The output is a stable single longitudinal mode with a center wa velength of 1.553 mu tm, and the transverse beam profile is close to an ide al Gaussian, with an M-2 value of 1.15. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America .