• DocumentCode
    2258017
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572413