INJECTION-SEEDED TITANIUM-DOPED-SAPPHIRE LASER

被引:52
作者
RAYMOND, TD
SMITH, AV
机构
[1] Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
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10.1364/OL.16.000033
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate injection seeding of a pulsed, laser-pumped, titanium-doped-sapphire ring laser by both continuous-wave dye and diode lasers. As little as 100-mu-W of seed light is required to produce 4 mJ of 30-nsec TEM00 output having a bandwidth of less than 25 MHz FWHM. Using an atomic resonance filter we find that more than 99.9% of the energy is at the 780-nm seed wavelength. We discuss the spatial and longitudinal mode-matching requirements for successful seeding.
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