Reduction of timing jitter in a Q-Switched Nd:YAG laser by direct bleaching of a Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber

被引：57
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作者：
Cole, Brian [1 ]
Goldberg, Lew [1 ]
Trussell, C. Ward [1 ]
Hays, Alan [1 ]
Schilling, Bradley W. [1 ]
McIntosh, Chris [1 ]
机构：
[1] USA, RDECOM, CERDEC, Night Vis & Elect Sensors Directorate, Ft Belvoir, VA 22060 USA
来源：
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2009年 / 17卷 / 03期
关键词：
ABSORPTION;
D O I：
10.1364/OE.17.001766
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
A method for optical triggering of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser by direct bleaching of a Cr:YAG saturable absorber is described. This method involves the bleaching of a thin sheet of the saturable absorber from a direction orthogonal to the lasing axis using a single laser diode bar, where the Cr:YAG transmission increased from a non-bleached value of 47% to a bleached value of 63%. For steady state operation of a passively Q-switched laser (PRF=10Hz), the pulse-to-pulse timing jitter showed similar to 12X reduction in standard deviation, from 241 nsec for free running operation to 20 nsec with optical triggering. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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页码：1766 / 1771
页数：6
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