Q-switched tunable solid-state laser using a MOEMS mirror

Paterson, Alan and Bauer, Ralf and Lubeigt, Walter and Uttamchandani, Deepak; (2017) Q-switched tunable solid-state laser using a MOEMS mirror. In: 2017 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) - Proceedings. IEEE, USA. ISBN 9781538607374 (https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2017.8051449)

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Abstract

Simultaneous wavelength tuning and Q-switching of a Yb:KGW laser using a single, electrothermally actuated MOEMS mirror is reported for the first time. A 15.4 nm tuning range is achieved at 2.06 kHz pulse repetition frequency.