Title :
Frustration phenomenon in a microchip Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser with fiber feedback
Author :
Tsung-Hsun Yang ; Siao-Lung Hwong ; A-Chang Hsu ; Jyh-Long Chern
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We employ a diode-pumped microchip Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser with multimode fiber feedback which forms a compound cavity. Different fiber lengths (1 m, 3 m, and 5 m) have been utilized. Meanwhile, with the attenuator, the feedback strength is adjustable. The lasing eigenmode frequency of the compound cavity is determined from the frequency arrangement of the Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser cavity mode and the external cavity (fiber) modes for which the number of modes is very large. It is expected that the state of frustration can occur due to the small mode spacing of external cavity modes.
Keywords :
eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser modes; neodymium; optical fibres; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 1 m; 3 m; 5 m; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser cavity mode; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; compound cavity; diode-pumped microchip Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; external cavity fiber modes; external cavity modes; feedback strength; fiber feedback; fiber lengths; frequency arrangement; frustration phenomenon; lasing eigenmode frequency; microchip Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; multimode fiber feedback; small mode spacing; Chaos; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser theory; Microchip lasers; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1999. QELS '99. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-576-X
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.1999.807586
