Title :
Self-adaptive ultrafast laser systems using a photorefractive phase conjugate mirror
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Information & Image Sci., Chiba Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Demonstration of a self-adaptive pico-second Nd:YVO4 laser system based on a photorefractive phase conjugate mirror is presented . The system can generate high average power diffraction-limited pico-second output. The maximum output power reached up to ∼8 W. This value is the highest, to the author´s knowledge, obtained by self-adaptive 1μm laser systems in pico-second regime.
Keywords :
laser mirrors; neodymium; optical phase conjugation; optical pulse generation; photorefractive effect; solid lasers; YVO4:Nd; diffraction-limited picosecond output; photorefractive phase conjugate mirror; self-adaptive picosecond Nd:YVO4 laser system; Diodes; Laser beams; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Photorefractive effect; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363209