Self-starting mode locking of a cw Nd:YAG laser using cascaded second-order nonlinearities
- Centro di Elettronica Quantistica e Strumentazione Elettronica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche- Dipartimento di Fisica del Politecnico, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (Italy)
The nonlinear mode variations induced by the equivalent third-order susceptibility resulting from cascaded second-order nonlinearities in an intracavity lithium triborate crystal are exploited for mode locking of a cw Nd:YAG laser. The loss modulations are provided by a slit, as in the Kerr-lens mode-locking scheme. The mode-locking process is self-starting and produces nearly transform-limited pulses of 14-ps duration with 0.5-W average power.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 165261
- Journal Information:
- Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 20; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLEDP
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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