Low-cost Nd:YAG microchip laser device becomes mature for industrial applications

Florence Leplingard; Philippe Pierrard; Jean-Pierre Herriau; Gerard Bocqueho

doi:10.1117/12.281218

24 September 1997 Low-cost Nd:YAG microchip laser device becomes mature for industrial applications

Florence Leplingard, Philippe Pierrard, Jean-Pierre Herriau, Gerard Bocqueho

Proceedings Volume 3099, Micro-optical Technologies for Measurement, Sensors, and Microsystems II and Optical Fiber Sensor Technologies and Applications; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.281218
Event: Lasers and Optics in Manufacturing III, 1997, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Many industrial applications require high beam quality, compact, reliable and low cost lasers. Microchip lasers combine all these advantages. Indeed, solid state Nd:YAG microchips have the beam quality of solid state lasers. Thanks to a monolithic design avoiding any alignment of the laser cavity elements (saturable absorber and mirrors), microchips are compact, reliable and can be produced in large quantities. They can be integrated into micro-systems to make microchip laser sources.

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Florence Leplingard, Philippe Pierrard, Jean-Pierre Herriau, and Gerard Bocqueho "Low-cost Nd:YAG microchip laser device becomes mature for industrial applications", Proc. SPIE 3099, Micro-optical Technologies for Measurement, Sensors, and Microsystems II and Optical Fiber Sensor Technologies and Applications, (24 September 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.281218

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