Jitter and the minimal pulse repetition rate of a diode-pumped passively Q-switched solid-state laser

Journal Article · Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2008V038N10ABEH013836· OSTI ID:21466824

Belovolov, M I; Shatalov, A F ^[1]

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1. Fiber Optics Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)

The jitter of radiation pulses from diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd{sup 3+}:Y{sub 3}Al{sub 5}O{sub 12} (Nd:YAG) and Nd{sup 3+}:Ca{sub 3}Ga{sub 2}Ge{sub 3}O{sub 12} (Nd:CGGG) crystal lasers is studied. It is found that the jitter j depends on the laser pulse repetition rate f as j = A/f{sup {gamma}}. It is shown that the minimal pulse repetition rate f{sub L} of the laser is determined by the jitter parameters A and {gamma} and is equal to A{sup 1/({gamma}-1)}. For the Nd:YAG and Nd:CGGG lasers, f{sub L} was 14 Hz and 5 Hz, respectively. (control of laser radiation parameters)

• OSTI ID: 21466824
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 38, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2008v038n10ABEH013836; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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