Q-switched Nd:YAG optical vortex lasers
Q-switched Nd:YAG optical vortex lasers
Q-switched operation of a high-quality Nd:YAG optical vortex laser with the first order Laguerre-Gaussian mode and well-determined helical wavefronts using a fiber-based pump beam conditioning scheme is reported. A simple two-mirror resonator incorporating an acousto-optic Q-switch was employed, along with an etalon and a Brewster plate to enforce the particular helicity of the output. The laser yielded Q-switched pulses with similar to 250 µJ pulse energy and similar to 33 ns pulse duration (FWHM) at a 0.1 kHz repetition rate for 5.1 W of absorbed pump power. The handedness of the helical wavefronts was preserved regardless of the repetition rates. The prospects of further power scaling and improved laser performance are discussed.
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Kim, D.J.
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Kim, J.W.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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2 December 2013
Kim, D.J.
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Kim, J.W.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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Kim, D.J., Kim, J.W. and Clarkson, W.A.
(2013)
Q-switched Nd:YAG optical vortex lasers.
Optics Express, 21 (24), .
(doi:10.1364/OE.21.029449).
Abstract
Q-switched operation of a high-quality Nd:YAG optical vortex laser with the first order Laguerre-Gaussian mode and well-determined helical wavefronts using a fiber-based pump beam conditioning scheme is reported. A simple two-mirror resonator incorporating an acousto-optic Q-switch was employed, along with an etalon and a Brewster plate to enforce the particular helicity of the output. The laser yielded Q-switched pulses with similar to 250 µJ pulse energy and similar to 33 ns pulse duration (FWHM) at a 0.1 kHz repetition rate for 5.1 W of absorbed pump power. The handedness of the helical wavefronts was preserved regardless of the repetition rates. The prospects of further power scaling and improved laser performance are discussed.
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Accepted/In Press date: 18 November 2013
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 November 2013
Published date: 2 December 2013
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Local EPrints ID: 378480
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/378480
ISSN: 1094-4087
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