Title :
Dumping out a single qualified Q-switch pulse from a self-injected solid laser and its application on nonlinear optics
Author :
Dounan Zhuang ; Pichet Limsuwan ; Guiqiu Yu ; Xiaodong Zhuang
Author_Institution :
SIOFM, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
A new technique called self-injection is a low-cost, fairly simple method to improve the performance of commercial Q-switched (QS) or mode-locked (ML) pulsed laser. The principle of self-injection can be briefly explained: by electro-optically (E-O) modulating the cavity losses, for example, by a E-O QS it is possible to create, just after the QS laser action has started, a coherent seed pulse shorter than the usual QS output that can be created in the space between the E-O and the output coupler.
Keywords :
Q-switching; electro-optical modulation; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical losses; solid lasers; cavity losses; electro-optically modulating; nonlinear optics; output coupler; self-injected solid laser; single qualified Q-switch pulse dumping; Electrooptic modulators; Laser applications; Laser mode locking; Lasers and electrooptics; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970815
