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Wieschendorf C, Firth J, Silvestri L, et al. Compact integrated actively Q-switched waveguide laser. Opt Express. 2017;25(3):1692-1701doi: 10.1364/OE.25.001692.
Wieschendorf, C., Firth, J., Silvestri, L., Gross, S., Ladouceur, F., Withford, M. J., Spence, D. J., & Fuerbach, A. (2017). Compact integrated actively Q-switched waveguide laser. Optics express, 25(3), 1692-1701. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.001692
Wieschendorf, Christoph, et al. "Compact integrated actively Q-switched waveguide laser." Optics express vol. 25,3 (2017): 1692-1701. doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.001692
Wieschendorf C, Firth J, Silvestri L, Gross S, Ladouceur F, Withford MJ, Spence DJ, Fuerbach A. Compact integrated actively Q-switched waveguide laser. Opt Express. 2017 Feb 06;25(3):1692-1701. doi: 10.1364/OE.25.001692. PMID: 29519023.
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Opt Express. 2017 Feb 06;25(3):1692-1701. doi: 10.1364/OE.25.001692.

Compact integrated actively Q-switched waveguide laser.

Optics express

Christoph Wieschendorf, Josiah Firth, Leonardo Silvestri, Simon Gross, François Ladouceur, Michael J Withford, David J Spence, Alex Fuerbach

PMID: 29519023 DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.001692

Abstract

A miniaturized deformed helix ferroelectric liquid crystal transducer cell was used in combination with a femtosecond laser inscribed active waveguide to realize a compact actively Q-switched laser source. The liquid crystal cell was controlled by a low-voltage frequency generator and laser pulse durations below 40 ns were demonstrated at repetition rates ranging from 0.1 kHz to 20 kHz and a maximum slope efficiency of up to 22%. This novel, integrated and low-cost laser source is a promising tool for a broad range of applications such as trace gas sensing, LIDAR, and nonlinear optics. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of an actively Q-switched glass waveguide laser that has a user-variable repetition rate and can be fully integrated.

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