READ ME File For 'Actively Q-switched radially polarized Ho:YAG laser with an intra-cavity laser-written S-waveplate: Dataset'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2236

ReadMe Author: Matthew Barber, University of Southampton [https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9768-6421]

This dataset supports the publication:
Matthew J. Barber, Peter C. Shardlow, Yuhao Lei, Peter G. Kazansky and W. Andrew Clarkson 
Actively Q-switched radially polarized Ho:YAG laser with an intra-cavity laser-written S-waveplate
Optics Letters 
Paper DOI: 10.1364/OL.467960

This dataset contains the data used in the generation of Figures 2 and 3 in the manuscript. 
The figures are as follows:

Fig. 2. Output power curve for the Q-switched Ho:YAG laser at a 40 kHz repetition rate. Inset, top-left: exemplar variation of the slow axis azimuth across an S-waveplate. Inset, bottom-right: photograph of the fabricated S-waveplate.
Fig. 3. (a) Single pulse trace, (b) pulse train and (c) emission spectrum of the radially polarized Q-switched Ho:YAG laser operating at 40 kHz. (d) Variation in the output pulse energy and pulse duration as a function of the AOM repetition rate.

Date of data collection: 01/05/2022 - 31/05/2022 

Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, U.K.

Licence: CC BY

Related projects:
High Power Mid-Infrared Lasers 
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 
EPSRC award reference: 2115206 

ENIGMA (ENgIneerinG MAterial properties with advanced laser direct writing)
European Research Council 
ERC award reference: 789116 

Date that the file was created: May 2022