Synchronized dual tunable wavelength Q-switched Nd:Glass laser

Opt Express. 2014 Dec 15;22(25):30865-72. doi: 10.1364/OE.22.030865.

Abstract

A flash-lamp pumped electro-optically Q-switched dual tunable wavelength Nd:Glass laser is demonstrated. An Nd:Glass rod was selected as the laser medium and a DKDP crystal was employed as the Q-switch. A cubic polarizer was placed in the cavity to divide the randomly polarized radiation into two orthogonally polarized beams. The two beams were tuned by two Littman-gratings and output independently. For Q-switched operation, the tuning range was 1050.1 - 1061.6 nm and 1050.5 - 1060.2 nm for the horizontal and vertical polarizations, respectively. When the horizontally polarized output was fixed at 1059.1 nm, the synchronized vertically polarized one can be tuned from 1051.5 to 1057.5 nm.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't