Far-field timing effects with passively Q-switched lasers
Optics Letters, Vol. 26, Issue 4, pp. 196-198 (2001)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.26.000196
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Abstract
Pulse-timing effects in the far field of a passively Q -switched microchip laser that are caused by the changing cavity mode during pulse emission are described. Measurements are performed on a passively Q -switched Nd:YAG laser that produces 3-ns pulses, and delays in pulse arrival times of up to ~270 ps are observed between the center and the off-axis position. The measured data agree well with a simple analytical model. Pulse delays of this order are important, for instance, in high-precision range-finding applications.
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OCIS Codes
(140.3540) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Q-switched
(150.5670) Machine vision : Range finding
Citation
Magnus Arvidsson, "Far-field timing effects with passively Q-switched lasers," Opt. Lett. 26, 196-198 (2001)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-26-4-196
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