Title :
Phase locking of nanosecond pulses of passively Q-switched microchip lasers
Author :
Kong, Fanting ; Liu, Liping ; Zhou, Shou-Huan ; Lee, Kotik K. ; Chen, Y.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., City Univ. of New York, New York, NY
Abstract :
We demonstrate that nanosecond pulses of passively Q-switched microchip lasers can be phase locked without affecting the pulse duration by coupling the lasers to a low-Q resonator.
Keywords :
Q-switching; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; microcavity lasers; microchip lasers; low-Q resonator; nanosecond pulse phase locking; passively Q-switched microchip lasers; pulse duration; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser stability; Lasers and Electro-Optics Society; Microchip lasers; Optical arrays; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Phased arrays; Pump lasers; (140.3290) Laser Array; (140.3540) Lasers, Q-switched;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
