Active mode locking of a hybrid neodymium laser

Author

Li Yen ; Guo, Bo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Nov. 1996

Firstpage

56

Abstract

To fully utilize the broad linewidth of Nd:glass and overcome its problems in mode locking, we used two laser media, i.e. Nd:LiYF/sub 4/ and Nd:glass, in a single cavity to form a hybrid Nd laser for mode locking. Yan et al. in Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 67, p. 3679, 1995, demonstrated continuous wave (cw) operation of the hybrid Nd laser and showed that it can lase with a spectrum characteristic of Nd:YLF, while most of the gain is from Nd:glass. This indicates that the complementary and good properties of Nd:glass and Nd:YLF can be utilized in the hybrid Nd laser for ultrashort pulse generation. In this paper we report the first demonstration of active mode locking of the hybrid Nd laser.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; neodymium; solid lasers; spectral line broadening; LiYF/sub 4/:Nd; Nd:LiYF/sub 4/; Nd:glass; active laser mode locking; broad linewidth; hybrid neodymium laser; laser media; single cavity; spectrum characteristic; ultrashort pulse generation; Bandwidth; Coherence; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Neodymium; Optical pulse generation; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3160-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1996.565120

Filename

565120