Mode locking in a cw solid-state laser by a filter containing F/sup -//sub 2/ centers

Journal Article · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1985 · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1985v015n11ABEH007989· OSTI ID:6080867

Kornienko, L S; Kravtsov, N V; Sidorov, V A; Susov, A M; Yatsenko, Y P

Passive mode locking was achieved for the first time in a cw solid-state YAG:Nd/sup 3 +/ laser using a filter based on the use of an LiF crystal with color centers as the saturable absorber. A study was made of the effect of the filter density on the lasing dynamics.

• Research Organization: Scientific-Research Institute of Nuclear Physics at the M. V. Lomonosov State University, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 6080867
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 15:11; ISSN SJQEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
COLOR CENTERS
CRYSTAL DEFECTS
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
FILTERS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
LASERS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM FLUORIDES
LITHIUM HALIDES
MODE LOCKING
NEODYMIUM LASERS
OPTICAL FILTERS
POINT DEFECTS
SOLID STATE LASERS
VACANCIES