Single longitudinal mode selection of high power actively Q-switched lasers
Hanna, D.C., Luther-Davies, B. and Smith, R.C. (1972) Single longitudinal mode selection of high power actively Q-switched lasers. Optical and Quantum Electronics , 4, (3), 249-256. (doi:10.1007/BF02334395).
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Description/Abstract
A Pockels cell Q-switch has been operated in a manner analogous to a saturable absorber by initially keeping the cell partly open for the first 1000 or so double passes and then opening it completely at a pre-set resonator power. This then allows simple and reliable selection of a single longitudinal mode. A detailed discussion is given of the design considerations which lead to the correct choice of mode-selecting device. With three different devices, a TEMoo mode Nd:CaWO4 laser has produced 400 kW pulses in a single longitudinal mode with a shot-to-shot frequency stability of ~ 0.01 /cm.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1572-817X (electronic) 0306-8919 (print) |
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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: | 78820 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:43 |
| Contributors: | Hanna, D.C. (Author) Luther-Davies, B. (Author) Smith, R.C. (Author) |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78820 |
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