Temporal statistics of the light emitted by a bi-axial laser resonator

Authors
Grossard, L Desfarges-Berthelemot, A Colombeau, B Kermene, V Vampouille, M Froehly, C Saouchi, K
Citation
L. Grossard et al., Temporal statistics of the light emitted by a bi-axial laser resonator, OPT COMMUN, 168(1-4), 1999, pp. 315-323
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
168
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
315 - 323
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(19990901)168:1-4<315:TSOTLE>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Power spectral density of the light emitted by a bi-axial CW Nd:YAG, diode- pumped, laser is investigated. We show that the beams diffracted by a slit with adjustable width, placed inside the cavity, against the folding mirror , can modify the temporal autocorrelation function and spectral behaviour o f the laser emission. In a second experiment, carried out with a pulsed Nd: YAG laser, we show that the temporal profile itself depends on the diffract ion by the slit placed inside the resonator. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.