DYNAMIC LASER CONTROL USING FEEDBACK FROM A GAIN GRATING

Authors
GREEN RPM CROFTS GJ HUBBARD W UDAIYAN D KIM DH DAMZEN MJ
Citation
Rpm. Green et al., DYNAMIC LASER CONTROL USING FEEDBACK FROM A GAIN GRATING, IEEE journal of quantum electronics, 32(3), 1996, pp. 371-377
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE journal of quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189197
Volume
32
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
371 - 377
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9197(1996)32:3<371:DLCUFF>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We demonstrate that self-induced gain gratings can provide nonlinear o ptical feedback that results in single-frequency selection and passive self e-switching of a conventional linear laser cavity. An experiment al Nd:YAG laser system is described that yields a temporally-smooth 20 ns pulse at 1.064 mu m. In addition, we show that the feedback has ph ase-conjugate properties that permit ''flower-like'' mode formation ev en though the azimuthal symmetry of the cavity is broken.