Control of solid-state lasers using an intra-cavity MEMS micromirror

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2456-2465

  Lubeigt, Walter ^a   Gomes, Joao ^a   Brown, Gordon ^a   Kelly, Andrew ^a   Savitski, Vasili ^a   Uttamchandani, Deepak ^a   Burns, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTROSTATICS; LASERS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM; Q SWITCHING; SOLID STATE LASERS; YLF LASERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; CONTROL ELEMENTS; ELECTROSTATIC MEMS; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; INTRACAVITIES; LASER CAVITY; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MEMS MICROMIRROR; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICRO MIRROR; ND-DOPED; ND:YLF LASER; PULSE DURATIONS; REPETITION FREQUENCY; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SOLID STATE LASER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENSES; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MINIATURIZATION;

EID: 79851501947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.002456     Document Type: Article

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