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
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