• 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