DocumentCode
2263647
Title
Control of the pulse duration in a forked two-axis passively Q-switched solid-state laser
Author
Lai, N.D. ; Brunel, M. ; Bretenaker, F. ; Emile, O. ; Le Floch, A.
Author_Institution
Lab. d´Electronique Quantique-Phys. des Lasers, Rennes I Univ., France
fYear
2002
fDate
24-24 May 2002
Abstract
Summary form only given.These results show that the use of forked eigenstates permits to continuously control the behavior of passively Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers, passing from a short pulse behavior to longer pulse operation and finally to cw regime.
Keywords
Q-switching; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; high-speed optical techniques; neodymium; solid lasers; Nd:YAG; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; continuously control; cw regime; forked eigenstates; forked two-axis passively Q-switched solid-state laser; longer pulse operation; passively Q-switched lasers; short pulse behavior; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical control; Optical pulses; Polarization; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-706-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033549
Filename
1033549
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