Title :
Parametric mode locking
Author :
Zhao, Xin Miao ; McGraw, Daniel John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fDate :
4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The conditions under which a synchronously pumped intracavity parameter generation causes mode locking in a homogeneously broadened laser are investigated experimentally and theoretically. An expression for the steady-state duration of parametric mode-locked pulses is derived and compared with experimental results. Contributions from both parametric AM and FM mode locking are included, and the conditions to optimize pulse narrowing, frequency upconversion, and active dispersion compensation are determined and discussed
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric devices; active dispersion compensation; frequency upconversion; homogeneously broadened laser; parametric AM mode locking; parametric FM mode locking; parametric mode-locked pulses; pulse narrowing; steady-state duration; synchronously pumped intracavity parameter generation; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Reflectivity;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
