Q-switched mode locking in diode pumped lasers

• Autorzy: Jabczyński J. K. , Żendzian W. , Kwiatkowski J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The Q-switched mode locking (QML) regime provides the generation of relatively high peak power picosecond pulses train with energies of a few µJ each in a simple resonator. The critical review of QML methods and results including our investigations is given in the first part of presentation. The application of several types of saturable crystalline absorbers (Cr⁴⁺:YAG, V³⁺:YAG, LiF, GaAs) leads to chaotic, partial QML effect, with less than 100% modulation depth in principle. The fully modulated efficient QML laser was demonstrated in the next part. The acousto-optic cell playing a double role of Q-switch and mode locker was located near a flat output coupler. The two folding mirrors were mounted on the translation stages for matching the resonance frequency of the cavity to the radio frequency of acousto-optic modulator. The QML pulses with envelope durations of 100n150 ns and 100% modulation depth were observed for wide range of pump powers and repetition rates. In the preliminary experiments up to 3 W of output average power, 100 µJ of the envelope energy, having approximately 5n8 mode locked pulses were achieved.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

diode pumped lasers; mode locking; Q-switching; acousto-optic; saturable absorbers

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: Vol. 13, No. 4
• Strony: 317--323
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 21 poz., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Jabczyński J. K.

• Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, 2 Kaliskiego Str., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Żendzian W.

• Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, 2 Kaliskiego Str., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Kwiatkowski J.

• Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, 2 Kaliskiego Str., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

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