Title :
Control of the pulse duration in a forked two-axis passively Q-switched solid-state laser
Author :
Lai, N.D. ; Brunel, M. ; Bretenaker, F. ; Emile, O. ; Le Floch, A.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Electronique Quantique-Phys. des Lasers, Rennes I Univ., France
Abstract :
Summary form only given.These results show that the use of forked eigenstates permits to continuously control the behavior of passively Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers, passing from a short pulse behavior to longer pulse operation and finally to cw regime.
Keywords :
Q-switching; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; high-speed optical techniques; neodymium; solid lasers; Nd:YAG; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; continuously control; cw regime; forked eigenstates; forked two-axis passively Q-switched solid-state laser; longer pulse operation; passively Q-switched lasers; short pulse behavior; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical control; Optical pulses; Polarization; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033549
