Title :
Characteristics of a Nd:CaLaSOAP mode-locked oscillator
Author :
Eckardt, R.C. ; DeRosa, J.L. ; Letellier, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C.
Abstract :
Neodymium doped CaLaSOAP has properties intermediate between Nd:YAG and Nd:Glass that make it desirable for use as a pulsed-mode-locked oscillator at 1.06 µ. Time resolve spectroscopy, high speed image converter streak recordings, and two photon flourescence pulse duration measurements were used to investigate the output of such a laser. Pulse duration from 5 to 15 psec were observed under different operating conditions. By varying the internal intensity of the oscillator, self-phase modulation was observed to change in extent from bandwidth limited operation to controlled phase modulation, and finally to the stage where the pulse began to break up.
Keywords :
Image converters; Image resolution; Neodymium; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Phase modulation; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Spectroscopy; Velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting, 1973 International
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.1973.188784
