Title :
Pulse compression of an additive-pulse modelocked CW Nd:YLF laser by an optical fiber and a grating pair
Author :
Ahn, Seung Joon ; Kong, Hong Jin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea
fDate :
1/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Additive-pulse modelocking (APM) was performed in a 1.053 μm CW Nd:YLF laser by coupling a nonlinear external cavity to the main cavity. The APM pulsewidth was 4.5 ps and the average output power was 1.5 W. This APM pulse was compressed by an optical fiber and a grating pair to be as short as 380 fs with a peak power of 9.5 kW
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical fibres; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 1.053 micron; 1.5 W; 380 fs; 4.5 ps; 9.5 kW; APM pulsewidth; LiYF4:Nd; YLF:Nd; additive-pulse modelocked CW Nd:YLF laser; average output power; coupling; grating pair; nonlinear external cavity; optical fiber; peak power; pulse compression; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Power generation; Pulse compression methods; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
