Polarization manipulated solid-state lasers with crystalline-orientations |
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Authors: | J Dong J Ma Y Y Ren |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Electronics Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology,Xiamen University,Xiamen,China |
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Abstract: | The polarization states of 〈111〉-cut Yb:YAG crystal microchip lasers were investigated by pumped with the elliptically polarized
pump beam from fiber-coupled laser-diode. The manipulated polarized lasers were achieved in laser-diode pumped Yb:YAG microchip
laser by controlling the crystalline-orientations in 〈111〉-growth Yb:YAG crystal. Generally elliptically polarized lasers
were obtained in laser-diode pumped Yb:YAG microchip lasers. However, crystalline-orientation manipulated linearly polarized
laser was obtained when six different sites with different crystalline orientations were set to parallel to the major axis
direction of the elliptically polarized pump beam. Six different sites in Yb:YAG crystal were separated with 30° and 90°,
which were responsible for the linearly polarized laser oscillations. Circularly polarized lasers were observed when a Yb:YAG
crystal was aligned to a special position between two sites responsible for linearly polarized laser oscillation. Effects
of the polarization states of pump source on the laser polarization states of Yb:YAG microchip lasers and polarization direction
of different polarized lasers with respect to Yb:YAG crystal rotation was addressed. |
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