• DocumentCode
    1106741
  • Title

    Compression of Q-switched and mode-locked CW Nd:YAG laser pulses

  • Author

    Gomes, A.S.L. ; Sibbett, W. ; Taylor, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Physics, Imperial College, London, England
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    8/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1157
  • Lastpage
    1158
  • Abstract
    Using the optical compression technique with a single-mode optical fiber and a grating pair, the 85 ps pulses from a Q -switched, mode-locked CW Nd:YAG laser have been compressed by a factor of 30. On average, an overall enhancement of 7 × in the peak power was achieved.
  • Keywords
    Mode locked lasers; Neodymium:YAG lasers; Optical fiber applications; Optical pulse compression; Q-switched lasers; Fiber lasers; Holographic optical components; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse shaping methods; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1985.1072802
  • Filename
    1072802
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1106741