Title :
Cavity-detuning characteristics of CW additive-pulse mode-locked Nd:YLF laser
Author :
Chee, Joseph K. ; Liu, Jia-Ming ; Kong, M.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Temporal and spectral characteristics of the pulses from the self-starting, additive-pulse mode-locked Nd:YLF laser using a nonlinear coupled-cavity are presented. Pulses of tunable widths are obtained over the coarse cavity-detuning range of 1 mm. Temporal shapes measured with a cross-correlation technique show that the pulses are asymmetric when the two cavity lengths are coarsely mismatched. The additive-pulse mode-locking characteristics under the fine cavity-detuning within the range of a wavelength are also investigated
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser tuning; lithium compounds; neodymium; solid lasers; LiYF4:Nd; cavity detuning characteristics; cavity lengths; coarse cavity-detuning range; continuous wave additive pulse mode locked YLF:Nd laser; cross-correlation technique; nonlinear coupled-cavity; self-starting; spectral characteristics; temporal shapes; tunable widths; Laser mode locking; Length measurement; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods; Shape measurement; Space vector pulse width modulation; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
