Title :
All optical passive synchronization of two independent laser oscillators
Author :
Seitz, W. ; Schibli, T.R. ; Morgner, U. ; Kartner, F.X. ; Lange, C.H. ; Richter, W. ; Braun, B.
Author_Institution :
High-Frequency & Quantum Electron. Lab., Karlsruhe Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. A novel scheme for passive synchronization of two independently mode-locked laser oscillators in a master slave configuration is presented. As an example the scheme is used to synchronize a picosecond mode-locked Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser (at 1064 nm) as the slave and a femtosecond mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser (around 850 nm) as the master oscillator. All optical synchronization is achieved by modulating the intracavity losses of the slave laser with the pulse train of the master oscillator.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; laser transitions; optical losses; solid lasers; synchronisation; 1064 nm; 850 nm; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; Ti:sapphire laser; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; all optical synchronization; independently mode-locked laser oscillators; intracavity losses modulation; master oscillator; master slave configuration; mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser; passive synchronization; picosecond mode-locked laser; pulse train; slave laser; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034375
