DocumentCode
1124243
Title
13.8 - Fast pulse dumping and power buildup in a mode-locked He-Ne laser
Author
Zitter, R.N. ; Steier, W.H. ; Rosenberg, R.
Author_Institution
Bell Telephone Labs., Inc., Holmdel, NJ
Volume
3
Issue
11
fYear
1967
fDate
11/1/1967 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
614
Lastpage
617
Abstract
A He-Ne laser has been mode locked by an internal modulator aud mode-locked pulses have been dumped from the cavity by an internal KDP deflector. Short (∼2ns) high peak-power pulses (30 watts) were detected at 6328 Å. Following a deflection event, the buildup of optical power in the cavity could be directly observed. Cavity buildup times of 
s were evident, indicating that full-powered pulses may be deflected at rates up to 200 kHz, It was also noted that without any mode-locking modulation in the cavity, the laser builds up in quasi-mode-locked pulses which decay, leaving the CW remainder.
s were evident, indicating that full-powered pulses may be deflected at rates up to 200 kHz, It was also noted that without any mode-locking modulation in the cavity, the laser builds up in quasi-mode-locked pulses which decay, leaving the CW remainder.Keywords
Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical coupling; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pulse modulation; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1967.1074412
Filename
1074412
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