• DocumentCode
    852048
  • Title

    Mode-locking of diode laser-pumped Nd:YAG laser at 1.3 mu m

  • Author

    Keen, S.J. ; Maker, G.T. ; Ferguson, A.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    4/13/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    490
  • Lastpage
    491
  • Abstract
    Reports on the development of a mode-locked AlGaAs diode laser pumped Nd:YAG laser operating at 1.3 mu m. The laser produces pulses of 47 ps duration with a time-bandwidth product of 0.42, which is close to the limit for Gaussian pulses.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; laser transitions; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1.3 micron; 47 ps; AlGaAs; Gaussian pulses; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; diode laser; mode-locked; time-bandwidth product;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19890336
  • Filename
    46121