Diode-pumped Q-switched mode-locked, cavity-dumped Nd:YAG laser with active prelase stabilization

Author

Dymott, M.J.P. ; Maker, G.T. ; Malcolm, G.P.A.

Author_Institution

Microlase Opt. Syst. Ltd., Glasgow, UK

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

434

Lastpage

435

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have demonstrated a diode-pumped all-in-one (cavity-dumped, Q-switched, and mode-locked) Nd:YAG laser with active prelase stabilization. Stable high-energy pulses of 108 ps in duration were produced at a high repetition rate from a system that is both simple and compact. Using this approach, we anticipate that scaling to higher pulse energies and a shorter pulse duration is possible and is ultimately limited only by physical damage thresholds and the onset of nonlinear effects.

Keywords

Q-switching; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; 108 ps; Q-switched; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; active prelase stabilization; cavity-dumped Nd:YAG laser; diode-pumped all-in-one laser; high repetition rate; mode-locked; regenerative amplification; stable high-energy pulses; ultrashort pulse generation; Diodes; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676462

Filename

676462