Title :
Cascaded second-order nonlinearity mode-locking of cw solid-state lasers
Author :
Magni, V. ; Cerullo, Giulio ; De Silvestri, S. ; Monguzzi, A. ; Zavelani-Rossi, M.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Fisica, CNR, Milano, Italy
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We report on experimental and theoretical results concerning resonator design for cascaded second-order nonlinearity mode-locking (CSM) Nd:YAG lasers and pulse-duration optimization. The CSM critically depends on the nonlinear resonator losses. Since the nonlinear phase distortion arising from /spl chi//sup (2)/:/spl chi//sup (2)/ cascading is quite different from that resulting from Kerr effect, an original model, based on a perturbation theory, has been developed to analyze and design the resonator. The results have been tested experimentally.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; perturbation theory; solid lasers; CW solid-state laser; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; cascaded second-order nonlinearity mode-locking; nonlinear phase distortion; nonlinear resonator losses; perturbation theory; pulse-duration optimization; resonator design; Design optimization; Kerr effect; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical design; Optical pulses; Phase distortion; Quantum cascade lasers; Solid lasers;
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
