MODE-LOCKING OF DIODE LASER-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASERS

被引:16
作者
MALCOLM, GPA
FERGUSON, AI
机构
[1] Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
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10.1007/BF00620151
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Mode-locked diode-pumped solid state lasers have become important sources for efficient and reliable short pulse generation. We review techniques for active mode-locking of diode-pumped lasers, highlighting techniques which have produced much shorter pulse durations than previous technologies and extended operating repetition rates to the several gigahertz regime. To achieve even shorter pulse durations a series of nonlinear passive mode-locking techniques have been developed. Self-starting additive pulse mode-locking, resonant passive mode-locking and self-mode-locking of diode-pumped solid-state lasers are described.
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