A single-longitudinal-mode holographic solid-state laser oscillator

Author

Damzen, M.J. ; Green, R.P.M. ; Crofts, G.J.

Author_Institution

Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK

fYear

1994

fDate

25-29 Jul 1994

Firstpage

418

Lastpage

420

Abstract

We present the results of a laser resonator design that uses a 3-D volume gain grating formed by spatial hole-burning. The induced gain-grating can be considered a dynamic holographic element with diffractive properties that provide both spectral and spatial mode control of a high-gain flashlamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser system. The dynamic parametric growth of the grating initiated from amplified spontaneous emission in the cavity produces a self Q-switching resulting in short pulse formation

Keywords

Q-switching; holographic gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; neodymium; optical hole burning; solid lasers; superradiance; 3-D volume gain grating; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; amplified spontaneous emission; cavity; diffractive properties; dynamic holographic element; dynamic parametric growth; high-gain flashlamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser system; induced gain-grating; laser resonator design; self Q-switching; short pulse formation; single-longitudinal-mode holographic solid-state laser oscillator; spatial hole-burning; spatial mode control; spectral mode control; Control systems; Diffraction; Gratings; Holography; Laser modes; Optical control; Optical design; Oscillators; Solid lasers; Spontaneous emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1473-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NLO.1994.470761

Filename

470761