DocumentCode
1102562
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
Volume
20
Issue
6
fYear
1984
fDate
6/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
628
Lastpage
630
Abstract
An acoustooptic loss modulator and Eastman #5 saturable absorbing dye are used to stably mode lock a TEM00 Nd: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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1984.1072435
Filename
1072435
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