Title :
Self Q switching of a CW mode-locked Nd:YLF laser by cavity length detuning
Author :
Jhon, Young Min ; Kong, Hong Jin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea
fDate :
4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The cavity length of a CW mode-locked Nd:YLF laser is detuned to investigate the effect of detuning on the output of the laser. Negative detunings of 0.4 to 2.4 μm result in periodic modulations of the pulse envelope. Further negative detunings of 2.4 to 3.4 μm produce undamped regular spikings, that is, stable self-Q-switching behavior with mode-locked pulses of 30~47 ps pulsewidths, which are as short as those of plain mode locking without Q switching. Similar self-Q-switching behavior is also produced by positive detunings, but the stability is very poor
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser tuning; neodymium; solid lasers; LiYF4:Nd; cavity length detuning; continuous wave mode locked YLF:Nd lasers; mode-locked pulses; negative detunings; periodic modulations; positive detunings; pulse envelope; pulsewidths; stable self-Q-switching behavior; undamped regular spikings; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Laser theory; Neodymium; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
