Control of phase locking in a set of lasers with self-pumped phase-conjugate gain-grating mirrors using a passive Q-switch

Basiev, Tasoltan T; Gavrilov, A V; Smetanin, Sergei N; Fedin, Aleksandr V

doi:10.1070/QE2011V041N03ABEH014490

Title: Control of phase locking in a set of lasers with self-pumped phase-conjugate gain-grating mirrors using a passive Q-switch

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We studied the possibility of controlling phase-locked lasing of a set of lasers with self-pumped phase-conjugate gain-grating mirrors by using a passive Q-switch and selecting the gain of one of the lasers. The ranges of stable operation are calculated by mathematical simulation and well agree with the experimental results. Single-mode radiation in the form of trains of phase-locked laser pulses are experimentally obtained for the first time in a three-channel diffraction-coupled gain-grating Nd : YAG laser system with a LiF :F {sup -}{sub 2} passive Q-switch. The space-time pattern of the trains of 1.064-{mu}m nanosecond pulses is the same in the channels with and without Q-switch and their interference pattern contrast reaches 0.81. (control of laser radiation parameters)

Authors:: Basiev, Tasoltan T; Gavrilov, A V; Smetanin, Sergei N; Fedin, Aleksandr V

Publication Date:: Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2011

OSTI Identifier:: 21544799

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 41; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2011v041n03ABEH014490; Journal ID: ISSN 1063-7818

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CONTROL; DIFFRACTION; GRATINGS; LASER MIRRORS; LASER RADIATION; LITHIUM FLUORIDES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PULSES; SIMULATION; SWITCHES; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; COHERENT SCATTERING; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; LASERS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM HALIDES; MIRRORS; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING; SOLID STATE LASERS

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                    Basiev, Tasoltan T, Gavrilov, A V, Smetanin, Sergei N, and Fedin, Aleksandr V. Control of phase locking in a set of lasers with self-pumped phase-conjugate gain-grating mirrors using a passive Q-switch.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
        Web.  doi:10.1070/QE2011V041N03ABEH014490.

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                    Basiev, Tasoltan T, Gavrilov, A V, Smetanin, Sergei N, & Fedin, Aleksandr V. Control of phase locking in a set of lasers with self-pumped phase-conjugate gain-grating mirrors using a passive Q-switch.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2011V041N03ABEH014490

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                    Basiev, Tasoltan T, Gavrilov, A V, Smetanin, Sergei N, and Fedin, Aleksandr V. 2011.  
        "Control of phase locking in a set of lasers with self-pumped phase-conjugate gain-grating mirrors using a passive Q-switch".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2011V041N03ABEH014490.

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@article{osti_21544799,

  title        = {Control of phase locking in a set of lasers with self-pumped phase-conjugate gain-grating mirrors using a passive Q-switch},

  author       = {Basiev, Tasoltan T and Gavrilov, A V and Smetanin, Sergei N and Fedin, Aleksandr V},

  abstractNote = {We studied the possibility of controlling phase-locked lasing of a set of lasers with self-pumped phase-conjugate gain-grating mirrors by using a passive Q-switch and selecting the gain of one of the lasers. The ranges of stable operation are calculated by mathematical simulation and well agree with the experimental results. Single-mode radiation in the form of trains of phase-locked laser pulses are experimentally obtained for the first time in a three-channel diffraction-coupled gain-grating Nd : YAG laser system with a LiF :F {sup -}{sub 2} passive Q-switch. The space-time pattern of the trains of 1.064-{mu}m nanosecond pulses is the same in the channels with and without Q-switch and their interference pattern contrast reaches 0.81. (control of laser radiation parameters)},

  doi          = {10.1070/QE2011V041N03ABEH014490},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21544799},
  journal      = {Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)},

  issn         = {1063-7818},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 41,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2011},

  month        = {Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2011}

}

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