• DocumentCode
    3434633
  • Title

    Polarisation mode coupling in (100)-cut Nd:YAG

  • Author

    McKay, Aaron ; Park, Jong-Dae ; Dawes, Judith M.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Lasers & Applic., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    10-13 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    11
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    We model and measure the coupling between orthogonally-polarized laser states for (100)-oriented Nd:YAG. We relate the coupling phenomenon to the strength of the self- heterodyne beat in dual-frequency lasers.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; microwave photonics; neodymium; solid lasers; (100)-cut Nd:YAG; (100)-orientation; YAG:Nd; coupling phenomenon; dual-frequency laser; orthogonally-polarized laser states; polarisation mode coupling; self- heterodyne beat strength; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser theory; Masers; Optical coupling; Optical feedback; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-9775657-1-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-9775657-1-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519328
  • Filename
    4519328