Abstract
We report an electro-optic Bragg modulator using a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystal. We measured a half-wave voltage of 160 V when transmitting a 1064 nm laser through a 14.2 mm long, 780 μm thick, 20.13 μm period PPLN crystal at the Bragg angle. We also demonstrated a Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser using such a PPLN Bragg modulator as its Q-switch, producing 7.8 ns, 201 μJ pulses at a 10 kHz repetition rate when pumped by a 19.35 W diode laser at 808 nm.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 545-547 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 Mar 1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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Lin, Y. Y., Lin, S. T., Chang, G. W., Chiang, A. C., Huang, Y. C., & Chen, Y. H. (2007). Electro-optic periodically poled lithium niobate Bragg modulator as a laser Q-switch. Optics Letters, 32(5), 545-547. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.000545