Title :
Activ-Passive mode locking of an Nd:phosphate glass laser pusing #5 saturable dye
Author :
Goldberg, Lawrence S. ; Schoen, Paul E.
Author_Institution :
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
6/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An acoustooptic loss modulator and Eastman #5 saturable absorbing dye are used to stably mode lock a TEM00Nd:phosphate glass oscillator. This hybrid approach has enabled reliable generation of ∼ 6 ps duration pulses largely free of occurrences of satellite pulse structure.
Keywords :
Dyes; Laser absorbers; Mode locked lasers; Neodymium:glass lasers; Glass; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse modulation; Radio frequency; Satellites; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1984.1072435
