Coherent polarization locking of Q-switched Ho:YAG laser

• Main Authors: Chua, C. F., Tan, L. H., Phua, Poh Boon.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97998; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13232
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We had demonstrated the use of Coherent Polarization Locking (CPL) to mitigate the intra-cavity optical damage in a Q-switched Ho:YAG laser. By splitting the available pump power into two individual Ho:YAG laser rods, we had passively coherent combined two orthogonal polarized lasers with output pul...