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Magneto-Optical Q-Switched Laser Generates Unpolarized Light

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By using a technique — called q-switching — that utilizes short but high-powered pulse outputs, a laser one-tenth of the size of an American penny produced a beam that is 10 times more powerful than previously reported with larger lasers. The q-switch was performed in an Nd:YAG laser cavity. A research team from Toyohashi University of Technology fabricated the quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser cavity, which was shortened to 10 mm in length and contained a RIG film and a pair of small coils. The first high-powered, randomly polarized laser...Read full article

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    Published: February 2018
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    q-switch
    A device used to rapidly change the Q of an optical resonator. It is used in the optical resonator of a laser to prevent lasing action until a high level of inversion (optical gain and energy storage) is achieved in the lasing medium. When the switch rapidly increases the Q of the cavity, a giant pulse is generated.
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