Two-wavelength oscillation from laser resonator partially-inserted an optical etalon

Author

Wada, K. ; Sakai, M. ; Watanabe, H. ; Matsuyama, T. ; Horinaka, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Electron., Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

30-3 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Two-wavelength oscillation from a solid-state laser was observed by partially-inserting a cover glass in the laser-resonator. The frequency spacing reached around several terahertz, corresponding to six times the free spectral range of the cover glass.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; laser cavity resonators; light interferometers; lithium compounds; optical glass; solid lasers; strontium compounds; terahertz wave generation; LiSrAlF₆; frequency spacing; laser resonator; optical beats; optical etalon; partially-inserted cover glass; solid-state laser; teraherz wave generation; two-wavelength oscillation; Frequency; Glass; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical variables control; Solid lasers; LiSrAlF6 laser; free spectral range; optical etalon; teraherz wave generation; two-wavelength oscillation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3829-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3830-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292434

Filename

5292434