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Bandwidth-limited picosecond pulses from a neodymium-phosphate glass oscillator

Journal Article · · Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89641· OSTI ID:7110510
Direct measurements using a picosecond streak camera have shown that transform-limited pulses having durations approx.5 psec are produced throughout the pulse train of a mode-locked neodymium-phosphate glass laser operating in the TEM/sub 00/ mode. Under the conditions of higher-power multimode operation, bandwidth-limited pulses are generated in the initial part of the train only. Spectral and temporal broadening due to intensity-dependent nonlinear effects are observed as the higher-power mode-locked trains evolve.
Research Organization:
Optics Section, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, England
OSTI ID:
7110510
Journal Information:
Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 31:3; ISSN APPLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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