Intracavity shaping of mode-locked laser pulses

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/3.245572· OSTI ID:5714647

Christov, I P ^[1]

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1. Sofia Univ. (Bulgaria). Faculty of Physics

A novel laser synthesizer of optical pulses is proposed. It is based on injection locking of numerous weakly coupled laser oscillators with a common resonator. A proper shaping of the susceptibility through shaping the pump beam reduces the dispersion of all orders due to the resonance transition and leads to generation of pulses close to the inverse bandwidth of the gain medium. A simple intracavity shaping mechanism allows synthesis of higher-order time supermodes directly from the laser. This technique could be applied to both active and passive mode-locked lasers with homogeneously and inhomogeneously broadened transitions. The possibility of using a compound gain medium is also discussed.

• OSTI ID: 5714647
• Journal Information: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 29:8; ISSN 0018-9197; ISSN IEJQA7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
426002* -- Engineering-- Lasers & Masers-- (1990-)
AMPLIFICATION
BEAM SHAPING
CAVITY RESONATORS
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
GAIN
LASER CAVITIES
LASER RADIATION
MODE LOCKING
PULSES
RADIATIONS
RESONATORS