CHARACTERISTICS OF MODE-LOCKING IN A SEMICONFOCAL CAVITY

Authors
BYKOV VP PROKHOROV AM SAVRANSKII VV
Citation
Vp. Bykov et al., CHARACTERISTICS OF MODE-LOCKING IN A SEMICONFOCAL CAVITY, Quantum electronics, 27(9), 1997, pp. 817-819
Citations number
2
Journal title
Quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637818
Volume
27
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
817 - 819
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7818(1997)27:9<817:COMIAS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
It is shown that simultaneous locking of longitudinal and transverse m odes is possible in a semiconfocal cavity. A laser with a high repetit ion rate (10-100 MHz) then emits alternately strongly and weakly diver ging pulses. A laser operating in this way may be useful in various so unding and ranging applications. A laser with such locking is a wide-a perture device with a large volume of the active medium.