Passive mode locking of a cw Nd:YLF laser with a nonlinear external coupled cavity
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024-159410 (USA)
Using an optical fiber as the nonlinear medium in an external cavity, we demonstrated passive mode locking of a cw Nd:YLF laser at a 1.053-{mu}m wavelength. Nearly transform-limited pulses as short as 3.7 psec were obtained at a repetition rate of 76 MHz directly from the laser output without further compression. The average output power ranged from 1 to 7 W.
- OSTI ID:
- 6733683
- Journal Information:
- Optics Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Optics Letters; (USA) Vol. 15:12; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLED
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Journal Article
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Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990
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Conference
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Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988
· AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics) Conference Proceedings; (USA)
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OSTI ID:5522681
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42 ENGINEERING
426002* -- Engineering-- Lasers & Masers-- (1990-)
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
FIBERS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
LASER CAVITIES
LASERS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM FLUORIDES
LITHIUM HALIDES
MODE LOCKING
NEODYMIUM LASERS
NONLINEAR OPTICS
OPTICAL FIBERS
OPTICS
POWER RANGE
POWER RANGE 01-10 W
SOLID STATE LASERS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
USES
WATT POWER RANGE
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
YTTRIUM FLUORIDES
426002* -- Engineering-- Lasers & Masers-- (1990-)
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
FIBERS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
LASER CAVITIES
LASERS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM FLUORIDES
LITHIUM HALIDES
MODE LOCKING
NEODYMIUM LASERS
NONLINEAR OPTICS
OPTICAL FIBERS
OPTICS
POWER RANGE
POWER RANGE 01-10 W
SOLID STATE LASERS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
USES
WATT POWER RANGE
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
YTTRIUM FLUORIDES