• DocumentCode
    2860658
  • Title

    Unexpected properties of a laser resonator with volumetric Bragg grating end mirrors

  • Author

    Chung, Te-Yuan ; Smirnov, Vadim ; Hemmer, Michaël ; Glebov, Leon B. ; Richardson, Martin C. ; Bass, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    CREOL/Coll. of Opt. & Photonics/FPCE, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A pair of nearly identical volumetric Bragg gratings held at different temperatures serving as the end mirrors of a Ti:sapphire laser made possible very narrow output linewidth and enabled easy optimization of the laser output.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; laser resonator; mirrors; solid laser; volumetric Bragg grating; Bragg gratings; Holographic optical components; Holography; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Reflectivity; Resonance; Solid lasers; Temperature; (050.7330) Volume holographic gratings; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state; (140.3600) Lasers, tunable; (140.4780) Optical resonators; (230.1480) Bragg reflectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627580
  • Filename
    4627580