Using the control duration to stabilize a multimode laser

Author

Carr, Thomas W. ; Schwartz, Ira B.

Author_Institution

Div. of Plasma Phys., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

30-31 Oct 1995

Firstpage

159

Abstract

We have applied our method to the control of the model for a multimode Nd:YAG laser with an intracavity KTiOPO₄ crystal. This laser system is designed to convert infrared light to visible green light via frequency doubling. However, for moderate pump powers the steady state laser output undergoes a Hopf bifurcation and for higher pump powers exhibits chaos

Keywords

bifurcation; laser feedback; laser modes; laser stability; laser theory; neodymium; optical chaos; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; solid lasers; Hopf bifurcation; KTiOPO₄; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; control duration; higher pump powers; infrared light; intracavity KTiOPO₄ crystal; laser chaos; laser system design; moderate pump powers; multimode Nd:YAG laser; multimode laser stabilisation; optical frequency doubling; steady state laser output; visible green light; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical control; Optical design; Power lasers; Power system modeling; Pump lasers; Steady-state;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2450-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484814

Filename

484814