Title :
Self-starting of additive-pulse modelocked laser using novel bonded saturable Bragg reflector
Author :
Mozdy, E.J. ; Pollock, C.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
fDate :
7/23/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors present the design and modelocking results of a self-starting additive-pulse modelocked (APM) NaCl:OH-laser, using a novel saturable Bragg reflector (SBR) as the starting mechanism. This new SBR/APM laser produces ~200 fs pulses without dedicated dispersion compensating optics, and maintains a stable pulse train even without active cavity length stabilisation
Keywords :
colour centre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; laser stability; sodium compounds; 200 fs; 200 fs pulses; NaCl:OH; NaCl:OH-laser; SBR/APM laser; additive-pulse mode-locked laser; bonded saturable Bragg reflector; design; modelocking; self-starting; stable pulse train;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19981032
