EFFECT OF SPATIAL HOLE-BURNING IN A MODE-LOCKED DIODE END-PUMPED ND-YAG LASER

Authors
FLOOD CJ WALKER DR VANDRIEL HM
Citation
Cj. Flood et al., EFFECT OF SPATIAL HOLE-BURNING IN A MODE-LOCKED DIODE END-PUMPED ND-YAG LASER, Optics letters, 20(1), 1995, pp. 58-60
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
58 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:1<58:EOSHIA>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We have controlled the amount of spatial hole burning in a diode end-p umped Nd:YAG laser to quantitatively analyze its role in active mode l ocking. We demonstrate inhomogeneous broadening of the lasing bandwidt h to >60 GHz, accompanied by a pulse-width reduction from 40 to 15 ps and an approximately 30% increase in the time-bandwidth product. Both homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening have been included in a succe ssful calculation of the steady-state pulse width.