Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of a Passively Mode-Locked Nd" Glass Laser

Kolmeder, Christian and Zinth, Wolfgang (April 1981): Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of a Passively Mode-Locked Nd" Glass Laser. In: Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, No. 24: pp. 341-348

Abstract

The presented theoretical model for a mode-locked Nd-glass laser simultaneously takes into account dynamics of the mode-locking dye, amplification saturation and radiation background. A systematic variation of laser parameters gives insight into the pulse formation process and allows to improve the laser design. The calculations show that it should be possible to decrease considerably the duration of light pulses of a mode-locked Nd-glass laser. Using a new mode-locking dye with a switching time of τ=2.7×10−12 s we obtained stable laser operation and a pulse duration of 1.7×10−12s.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Physics
• Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
• ISSN: 0947-8396