Title :
Coupled-cavity passive Q-switching
Author :
Sorokin, Evgeni ; Sorokina, Irina T.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Inst., Tech. Univ. Wien, Austria
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We show that an absorbing medium in a coupled cavity can be used to obtain a Q-switched regime of operation. At the same time, such a regime can occur as an undesirable effect in laser pumping schemes, when feedback to the pump laser is not sufficiently suppressed. We give a theory which allows one to estimate the critical parameters in order to optimize or exclude the Q-switching.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; optical pumping; solid lasers; Q-switched regime; absorbing medium; coupled cavity; coupled-cavity passive Q-switching; critical parameters; laser pumping schemes; pump laser feedback; solid lasers; Equations; Estimation theory; Filters; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical coupling; Parameter estimation; 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.2000.910355
