About EKSMA Optics- Type: Component
- Clear aperture diameter, mm: 2.5
- Optical transmission, %: >98
- Coating: AR/AR@1064 nm
Features:
minimal piezoelectric ringing
low absorption
ceramic aperture is available
broad transmission range from 200 nm to 2000 nm
compact size
Applications:
high repetition rate DPSS Q-switch
high repetition rate regenerative amplifier control
cavity dumping
beam chopper
Pockels cell are used to change the polarization state of light passing through it when a voltage is applied to the electrodes of electro-optic crystals such as BBO. When used in conjunction with polarizer, Pockels cells can be used as fast optical switches. Typical applications include Q-switching of the laser cavity, laser cavity dumping and coupling light into and from regenerative amplifiers.
BBO based Pockels cells can be useful at wavelengths from the UV to more than 2 μm. Low piezoelectric ringing makes these Pockels cells attractive for the control of high-power and high pulse repetition rate lasers.