Passively Q-switched Nd^3+:YAG laser with corner cube

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2006-06-16
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ApassivelyQ-switchedNd3+:YAGlaserwithcornercubeistheoreticallyandexperimentallystudied.Weanalyzethepolarizationvariationincavityandsimulatethepeakpower,pulseenergyandpulsewidthchangedwiththerotationangleofcornercubenumerically.Anexperimentismadetoverifythetheoreticalresults.Withrotatingtheangleofcornercubeabouttheaxisthevariationrangeofpeakpoweris1.77MW(from10.36to8.59MW),andthatofpulseenergyis14.9mJ(from159.5to174.4mJ),thefluctuationofpulsewidthis2.95ns.Theexperimentalresultsagreewiththetheoreticalanalysistotheextentofvariationrules.Themostdynamictostaticenergyratioof62.5%isachieved.