Title :
42 ps pulses from a flashlamp pumped Nd:YAG laser using all-solid-state passive pulse control
Author :
Biegert, J. ; Diels, J.-C. ; Malloy, K. ; Stinz, A. ; Kubecek, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Recently we demonstrated combination of passive negative feedback using GaAs together with Cr:YAG as saturable absorber in an actively mode-locked Nd:YAG laser which led to stabilizing and stretching of the pulse trains to 150 ns and compression of individual pulses from 83 ps to 48 ps.
Keywords :
flash lamps; laser feedback; laser mode locking; laser stability; neodymium; optical pulse compression; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; 150 ns; 42 ps; 83 to 48 ps; Cr:YAG saturable absorber; GaAs; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Cr; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Cr; YAl5O12:Nd; actively mode-locked Nd:YAG laser; all-solid-state passive pulse control; flashlamp pumped; optical pulse compression; optical pulse train stretching; passive negative feedback; ps pulses; Absorption; Chromium; Laser excitation; Optical control; Optical pulses; Probability; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6319-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909879
