Explanation of the mechanism for acousto-optically induced unidirectional operation of a ring laser
Clarkson, W.A., Neilson, A.B. and Hanna, D.C. (1992) Explanation of the mechanism for acousto-optically induced unidirectional operation of a ring laser. Optics Letters, 17, (8), 601-603. (doi:10.1364/OL.17.000601).
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Description/Abstract
A mechanism is proposed for the nonreciprocal behavior of a traveling-wave acousto-optic Q switch, whose use can provide an effective way to enforce unidirectional and hence single-frequency operation of a ring laser. Simple energy and momentum conservation considerations show that the Bragg condition is satisfied at different angles of incidence for the two counterpropagating beams, which leads to a difference in their diffraction losses. The loss difference, measured directly for a diode-pumped Nd:YAG ring laser, yielded values in close agreement with calculated values. Implications of these results for both single-frequency cw and Q-switched operation of diode-pumped solid-state ring lasers are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0146-9592 (print) 1539-4794 (electronic) |
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > Optoelectronics Research Centre |
| Item ID: | 78536 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:23 |
| Contributors: | Clarkson, W.A. (Author) Neilson, A.B. (Author) Hanna, D.C. (Author) |
| Date: | 1992 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78536 |
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