Title :
Additional Laser Pulses due to Different Saturation Characteristics of Gain and Absorption in Passively Q-switched Lasers
Author :
Park, J.D. ; Cho, C.H. ; Lim, C.H. ; Ko, K.H. ; Kim, D.H. ; Cha, H. ; Kang, Y.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Comput. Phys., Pai-Chai Univ., Daejon
Abstract :
Additional gain, which leads to the generation of secondary pulses 100-200 ns later, can be formed in uniformly pumped passively Q-switched lasers due to different saturation characteristics of gain and absorber.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser beams; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; laser gain saturation characteristics; passively Q-switched laser characteristics; saturable absorber; secondary pulse generation; time 100 ns to 200 ns; uniformly pumped Q-switched lasers; Absorption; Atom optics; Equations; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391708
