Observation of mode locking in a synchronously pumped Nd:YAG laser
Optics Letters, Vol. 15, Issue 4, pp. 218-220 (1990)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.15.000218
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Abstract
We report on the mode-locking behavior of a 1.06-µm Nd:YAG ring oscillator synchronously pumped by a 76-MHz, 20-psec dye laser at 0.59 µm with an average power of 600 mW. Gain modulation is based on relaxation from the pump band to the upper laser level with a time constant (minimum gain modulation time) of 470 psec; stable modelocked operation is achieved with a gain modulation of only 10-4. Preliminary results give a minimum pulse width of 140 psec and suggest a novel way of mode locking rare-earth waveguide lasers.
© 1990 Optical Society of America
Citation
C. J. Flood, G. Giuliani, and H. M. van Driel, "Observation of mode locking in a synchronously pumped Nd:YAG laser," Opt. Lett. 15, 218-220 (1990)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-15-4-218
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