SELF-STABILIZED SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL-MODE OPERATION IN A SELF-Q-SWITCHED CR,NDYAG LASER

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作者
CHEN, YC
LI, SQ
LEE, KK
ZHOU, SH
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[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 10021
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10.1364/OL.18.001418
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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It is shown, both theoretically and experimentally, that stable single-longitudinal mode operation, with transform-limited spectral linewidth and without pulse-to-pulse mode competition, can be obtained in a monolithic self-Q-switched Cr,Nd:YAG solid-state laser with a distributed saturable absorber. In this system, the lasing mode establishes a loss grating and thereby stabilizes itself.
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