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Single longitudinal mode selection of high power actively Q-switched lasers

Single longitudinal mode selection of high power actively Q-switched lasers
Single longitudinal mode selection of high power actively Q-switched lasers
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.
0306-8919
249-256
Hanna, D.C.
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Luther-Davies, B.
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Smith, R.C.
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Hanna, D.C.
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Luther-Davies, B.
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Smith, R.C.
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Hanna, D.C., Luther-Davies, B. and Smith, R.C. (1972) Single longitudinal mode selection of high power actively Q-switched lasers. Opto-Electronics, 4 (3), 249-256. (doi:10.1007/BF02334395).

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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.

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Published date: August 1972
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 78820
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78820
ISSN: 0306-8919
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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 00:23

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Author: D.C. Hanna
Author: B. Luther-Davies
Author: R.C. Smith

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