High power Q-switched Nd:YAG laser mounted in a silicon microbench

• A high-power Q-switched Nd:YAG/Cr:YAG laser mounted in a silicon microbench is presented. It reaches an average output power well above 2 W and the pulse width is in the order of 1.4 ns. The use of microstructure silicon carriers provides efficient thermal control, compact integration and alignment of active and passive optical components.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Lasers diode-pumped

Microstructure fabrication

Q-switched

Charge coupled devices

Doping (additives)

Laser pulses

Micromachining

Microstructure

Neodymium lasers

Photolithography

Pumping (laser)

Scanning electron microscopy

Silicon

Laser diode pumped

Microstructure fabrication

Q switched lasers

Physics

Fysik

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)