Low threshold self-starting operation of an additive-pulse mode-locked, diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser

The birefringence effect of a single mode fiber on the self-starting threshold in a diode-pumped, additive-pulse mode-locked Nd:YLF laser is investigated. By controlling the polarization state of pulses in the external cavity containing a single-mode fiber, the mode locking could be self-started wit...

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Published inJapanese Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 36; no. 12B; pp. L1665 - L1667
Main Authors KANG, E. C, JEONG, T. M, LEE, J. M, KIM, J. K, NAM, C. H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Japanese journal of applied physics 01.12.1997
Subjects
Diode-pumped lasers
Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Laser optical systems: design and operation
Lasers
Modulation, tuning, and mode locking
Optics
Physics
Yttrium fluorides
Mode locking
Solid state lasers
Ternary compounds
Doped materials
Lithium fluorides
Diode pumping
Experimental study
Neodymium lasers
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Summary:The birefringence effect of a single mode fiber on the self-starting threshold in a diode-pumped, additive-pulse mode-locked Nd:YLF laser is investigated. By controlling the polarization state of pulses in the external cavity containing a single-mode fiber, the mode locking could be self-started with CW power (as low as 10 mW) coupled to the fiber and stably maintained over several hours.
ISSN:0021-4922
1347-4065
DOI:10.1143/jjap.36.l1665