Formation of dynamic cavity in a self-starting high-average-power Nd:YAG laser oscillator

doi:10.1364/OE.5.000286

Optics Express

Editor: J. H. Eberly
Vol. 5, Iss. 12 — Dec. 6, 1999
pp: 286–291

Formation of dynamic cavity in a self-starting high-average-power Nd:YAG laser oscillator

Oleg Antipov, Alexander Kuzhelev, and Dmitry Chausov »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 5, Issue 12, pp. 286-291 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.5.000286

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Abstract

Self-organization of the dynamic cavity completed by holographic gratings in the novel laser oscillator was studied experimentally and numerically. A key role of the resonant grating of refractive index induced by generating beams in an Nd:YAG laser crystal was determined. Stabilization of the generated pulses and an increase in output power were achieved by use of a vibrating intracavity mirror.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3410) Lasers and laser optics : Laser resonators
(140.3490) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, distributed-feedback
(140.3530) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, neodymium
(190.4360) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, devices

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Original Manuscript: October 1, 1999
Published: December 6, 1999

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Oleg Antipov, Alexander Kuzhelev, and Dmitry Chausov, "Formation of dynamic cavity in a self-starting high-average-power Nd:YAG laser oscillator," Opt. Express 5, 286-291 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-5-12-286

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O. L. Antipov, A. S. Kuzhelev, V. A. Vorob'yov, A. P. Zinov'ev, "Pulse repetitive Nd:YAG laser with distributed feedback by self-induced population grating," Opt. Comm. 152, 313-318 (1998). [CrossRef]
O. L. Antipov, S. I. Belyaev, A. S. Kuzhelev, A. P. Zinov'ev, "Nd:YAG laser with cavity formed by population inversion gratings," in Laser resonators I, P. Galarneau and A.V. Kudryashov, eds, Proc. SPIE 3267, 181-190 (1998).
P. Sillard, A. Brignon, and J.-P. Huignard, "Gain-grating analysis of a self-starting self-pumped phase-conjugate Nd:YAG loop resonator," IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 34, 465-472 (1998). [CrossRef]
O. L. Antipov, A. S. Kuzhelev, A. P. Zinov'ev, "High average-power solid-state lasers with cavity formed by self-induced refractive index gratings," in Laser resonators II, A.V. Kudryashov and P. Galarneau, eds., Proc. SPIE 3611, 147-156 (1999).
O. L. Antipov, A. S. Kuzhelev, D. V. Chausov, and A. P. Zinov'ev, "Dynamics of refractive index changes in a Nd:YAG laser crystal under Nd 3+ -ions excitation," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 1072-1079 (1999). [CrossRef]
A. N. Oraevsky, "Quantum fluctuations and formation of coherency in laser," J. Opt. Soc. of Am. 5, 933-945 (1988). [CrossRef]

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I. M. Bel'dyugin, V. A. Berenberg, A. E. Vasil'ev, et all, "Solid-state lasers with self-pumped PC mirrors in the active medium," Sov. J. Quant. Electron. 19, 740-742 (1989). [CrossRef]
M. J. Damzen, R. P. M. Green, K. S. Syed, "Self-adaptive solid-state oscillator formed by dynamic gain-gratings holograms," Opt. Lett. 20, 1704-1706 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. Minassian, G. J. Crofts, M. J. Damzen, "Self-starting Ti:sapphire holographic laser oscillator," Opt. Lett. 22, 697-699 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
O. L. Antipov, A. S. Kuzhelev, V. A. Vorob'yov, A. P. Zinov'ev, "Pulse repetitive Nd:YAG laser with distributed feedback by self-induced population grating," Opt. Comm. 152, 313-318 (1998). [CrossRef]
O. L. Antipov, S. I. Belyaev, A. S. Kuzhelev, A. P. Zinov'ev, "Nd:YAG laser with cavity formed by population inversion gratings," in Laser resonators I, P. Galarneau and A.V. Kudryashov, eds, Proc. SPIE 3267, 181-190 (1998).
P. Sillard, A. Brignon, and J.-P. Huignard, "Gain-grating analysis of a self-starting self-pumped phase-conjugate Nd:YAG loop resonator," IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 34, 465-472 (1998). [CrossRef]
O. L. Antipov, A. S. Kuzhelev, A. P. Zinov'ev, "High average-power solid-state lasers with cavity formed by self-induced refractive index gratings," in Laser resonators II, A.V. Kudryashov and P. Galarneau, eds., Proc. SPIE 3611, 147-156 (1999).
O. L. Antipov, A. S. Kuzhelev, D. V. Chausov, and A. P. Zinov'ev, "Dynamics of refractive index changes in a Nd:YAG laser crystal under Nd 3+ -ions excitation," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 1072-1079 (1999). [CrossRef]
A. N. Oraevsky, "Quantum fluctuations and formation of coherency in laser," J. Opt. Soc. of Am. 5, 933-945 (1988). [CrossRef]

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