HARMONIC MODE-LOCKING OF A ND-BEL LASER USING A 20-GHZ DIELECTRIC RESONATOR OPTICAL MODULATOR

被引:17
作者
GODIL, AA
HOU, AS
AULD, BA
BLOOM, DM
机构
[1] Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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D O I
10.1364/OL.16.001765
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A 20-GHz dielectric resonator/optical modulator is developed and used as an FM mode locker at the 84th harmonic of a conventional 238-MHz diode-pumped Nd:BEL laser cavity. Depending on the mode-locker drive frequency, two distinct regimes of mode locking were observed: 2.9-ps pulses at a repetition rate of 238 MHz and 3.9-ps pulses at a repetition rate of 20 GHz. These are to our knowledge the shortest pulses ever reported for active mode locking of a Nd laser.
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页码:1765 / 1767
页数:3
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