BBO Pockels cell

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.