High Repetition Rate Q-Switch BBO Pockels Cell Minimal Piezoelectric Ringing
Product Description:
BBO-based pockels cell are used to change the polarization state of light passing through it when an voltage is applied to the electrodes of BBO electro-optic crystals. Typical applications include Q-switching of the laser cavity, laser cavity dumping and coupling light into and form
regenerations amplifiers. Low piezoelectric ringing makes BBO Pockels cell attractive for the control of high-power and high repetition rate lasers. Fast switching electronic drivers properly matched to the cell are available for Q-switching, cavity dumping and other applications. BBO Pockels cells are transverse field devices. The quarter-wave voltage is proportional to the ratio of electrode spacing and crystal length, therefor, smaller aperture, lower quarter-wave voltage, besides, double crystal design, which has lower quarter-wave voltage, is widely used to work in half-wave mode with fast switching times.
Specification:
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Aperture | 12x12mm2 |
Length | 20mm,25mm |
Flatness | λ/10@633nm |
Wave front | λ/8@633nm |
Parallelism | <20 arc sec |
Perpendicularity | <5 arc sec |
Surface quality | 10-5 20-10 after coatings |
Spectral range | 210-2000nm |
Damage threshold | 600MW/cm2,10Hz,1064nm |
Dual Crystal BBO Pockels cell Specifications:
Clear aperture diameter, mm | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
Crystal size (WxHxL), mm | 3x3x20 | 4x4x20 | 5x5x20 |
Capacitance, pF | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Optical transmission, % | 98 | 98 | 98 |
Extinction ratio | >500:1 | >500:1 | >500:1 |
Dimensions, mm | 25x60 | 25x60 | 25x60 |
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