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Self-starting additive-pulse mode locking of a ND:YAG Laser

Journal Article · · Optics Letters; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.15.000553· OSTI ID:6814119
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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (USA)
We report additive-pulse mode locking of lamp-pumped Nd:YAG lasers at both 1.06 and 1.32 {mu}m. Under completely self-starting conditions, stable cw mode-locked trains of 6-psec pulses have been achieved at an average output power of 2.4 W.
OSTI ID:
6814119
Journal Information:
Optics Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Optics Letters; (USA) Vol. 15:10; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLED
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English