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Effective shortening of picosecond pulses emitted by a YAG:Nd/sup 3 +/ laser

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
A 15-fold reduction in the duration of YAG:Nd/sup 3 +/ laser pulses was achieved under conditions of active mode locking and Q switching at a pulse repetition frequency approx.1 kHz. Phase self-modulation in a single-mode quartz fiber waveguide of length 10 m resulted in broadening of the laser emission spectrum right up to approx.10 cm/sup -1/ at the waveguide exit. The pulses were then shortened in a system with a diffraction grating. The pulse duration was measured by a correlation system in which the second harmonic was generated.
Research Organization:
Institute of General Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow and Physicotechnical Institute, Moscow
OSTI ID:
6362139
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 14:6; ISSN SJQEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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