Short pulse generation by use of an active multipass interferometer

Author

Bourdet, Gilbert L. ; Muller, Regine A. ; Mullot, Genevieve M. ; Vinet, Jean-yves

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Opt. Appliquee, Ecole Polytech.-ENSTA, Palaiseau, France

Volume

24

Issue

3

fYear

1988

fDate

3/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

580

Lastpage

584

Abstract

The operation of a simple device that converts continuous-wave (CW) laser light into a short-pulse train is reported. The setup is based on a passive ring cavity in which an acoustooptic frequency shifter takes the place of one of the mirrors. Temporal filtering and pulse compression of laser light was demonstrated. The experimental results obtained by injecting a CW CO/sub 2/ laser light in such a device are in agreement with the theoretical analysis. The device´s application in external pulse compression of mode-locked pulses is also demonstrated.<>

Keywords

carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser beams; light interferometers; CO/sub 2/ laser; acoustooptic frequency shifter; active multipass interferometer; external pulse compression; mirrors; mode-locked pulses; passive ring cavity; pulse compression; short pulse generation; short-pulse train; temporal filtering; Filtering; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse compression; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Ring lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.164

Filename

164