DocumentCode
3553862
Title
Characteristics of a Nd:CaLaSOAP mode-locked oscillator
Author
Eckardt, R.C. ; DeRosa, J.L. ; Letellier, J.P.
Author_Institution
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C.
Volume
19
fYear
1973
fDate
1973
Firstpage
555
Lastpage
558
Abstract
Neodymium doped CaLaSOAP has properties intermediate between Nd:YAG and Nd:Glass that make it desirable for use as a pulsed-mode-locked oscillator at 1.06 µ. Time resolve spectroscopy, high speed image converter streak recordings, and two photon flourescence pulse duration measurements were used to investigate the output of such a laser. Pulse duration from 5 to 15 psec were observed under different operating conditions. By varying the internal intensity of the oscillator, self-phase modulation was observed to change in extent from bandwidth limited operation to controlled phase modulation, and finally to the stage where the pulse began to break up.
Keywords
Image converters; Image resolution; Neodymium; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Phase modulation; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Spectroscopy; Velocity measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electron Devices Meeting, 1973 International
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEDM.1973.188784
Filename
1477661
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