Direct electronic tuning of a Ti:sapphire laser with an acousto-optic crystal

Author

Wada, Sho ; Akagawa, K. ; Tashiro, Hisato

Author_Institution

RIKEN, Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., Sendai, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

111

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this work, an electronic frequency tuning of a Ti:sapphire laser over more than 100 nm has been achieved with a computer-controlled acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) and dispersion-compensation optics. Fast and random-ordered wavelength selection of individual output pulses have been demonstrated. The pump laser is a frequency doubled Q-switched Nd:YAG laser.

Keywords

acousto-optical devices; compensation; laser accessories; laser tuning; optical dispersion; optical pumping; physics computing; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Ti:sapphire laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; acousto-optic crystal; computer-controlled acousto-optic tunable filter; direct electronic tuning; dispersion-compensation optics; electronic frequency tuning; frequency doubled Q-switched Nd:YAG laser; individual output pulses; pump laser; random-ordered wavelength selection; Frequency; Laser tuning; Optical computing; Optical filters; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical tuning; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864432