Title :
Coupled cavity modelocking of a Nd:YAG laser using second harmonic generation
Author :
Barr, J.R.M. ; Hughes, D.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
An analysis of intracavity second harmonic generation (SHG) modelocking has predicted pulse durations as short as 10 ps for a Nd:YAG laser. In the authors´ experiments the SHG crystal was placed in an external cavity in order to avoid the problems associated with using an intracavity arrangement, in particular the introduction of loss into the laser cavity
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; solid lasers; 10 ps; Nd:YAG; SHG crystal; YAG:Nd laser; YAl5O12:Nd; coupled cavity mode locking; external cavity; pulse durations; second harmonic generation;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of Ultrashort Pulses for Optoelectronics, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
