Injection locking of high-power pulsed lasers. I. Monochromatic injection

Author

Cassard, Philippe ; Lourtioz, Jean-Michel

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Opt. Appl., Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France

Volume

24

Issue

11

fYear

1988

fDate

11/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2321

Lastpage

2337

Abstract

The theory of injection locking is based on the realistic situation where the injected intensity is much larger than the spontaneous noise intensity and smaller than the saturation intensity. Wideband homogeneously broadened lasers with injection are analyzed in the small-signal regime, including diffraction effects. The relevant equation for the injection-driven field is an iterative equation solved in the time domain. Multimode behaviors can be predicted. Injection locking is the result of a competition between the injection- and noise-driven fields. The laser behaviour is fully characterized by locking curves in the 2-D space of the injection parameters and by locked mode distributions

Keywords

laser mode locking; diffraction effects; high-power pulsed lasers; injected intensity; injection locking; injection parameters; iterative equation; locked mode distributions; locking curves; saturation intensity; small-signal regime; spontaneous noise intensity; wideband homogeneously broadened lasers; Equations; Injection-locked oscillators; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.8576

Filename

8576