Brief Communications

Contrast and various configurations of lithium niobate switches used in YAG:Nd³⁺ lasers

G. M. Zverev, D. G. Kalinin, E. A. Levchuk, V. L. Naumov, V. A. Pashkov


Abstract: An investigation was made of the contrast of electrooptic lithium niobate switches allowing for the quality of the electrooptic elements and various ways of using these switches. The half-wave configuration ensured a contrast approximately two orders of magnitude greater than the quarter-wave scheme, and it made it possible to achieve higher output energies from YAG:Nd³⁺ lasers.

UDC: 621.378.325:535.8

PACS: 42.55.Rz

Received: 26.02.1979

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1979, 9:7, 940–941