Title :
Negative light-modulation phenomenon in Er-doped YAG crystal using a modulated laser diode
Author :
Maeda, Y. ; Migitaka, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Control Eng., Toyota Technol. Inst., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
Dependence of the negative nonlinear absorption effect on both the sample length and the modulation frequency of the incident laser were investigated in an erbium doped yttrium aluminum garnet crystal. Negative light-modulation phenomenon was observed at 100 MHz.
Keywords :
erbium; garnets; laser beam effects; nonlinear optics; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; yttrium compounds; 100 MHz; YAG:Er; YAl5O12:Er; modulated laser diode; modulation frequency; negative light-modulation phenomenon; negative nonlinear absorption effect; sample length; Absorption; Aluminum; Control engineering; Diode lasers; Frequency modulation; Garnets; Intensity modulation; Laser transitions; Optical modulation; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 1996. MWP '96. Technical Digest., 1996 Internatonal Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3129-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.1996.662090
