Title :
Frequency stable operation of a pulsed solid state laser oscillator based on gain grating holograms
Author :
Ullmann, Roland ; Elsner, Robert ; Heuer, Axel ; Menzel, Ralf ; Ostermeyer, Martin
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Abstract :
The feasibility of gain gratings to realize a frequency stable coupling of a pulsed loop resonator to a master oscillator is investigated. A two-dimensional numerical model enables a quantitative description of transverse beam features.
Keywords :
Q-switching; holographic gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; solid lasers; frequency stable coupling; frequency stable operation; gain grating holograms; master oscillator; pulsed loop resonator; pulsed solid state laser oscillator; transverse beam feature; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser stability; Numerical models; Oscillators; Transient analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942544