All-solid-state 12 ps actively passively mode-locked pulsed Nd : YAG laserusing a nonlinear mirror

Authors
Mani, AA Hollander, P Thiry, PA Peremans, A
Citation
Aa. Mani et al., All-solid-state 12 ps actively passively mode-locked pulsed Nd : YAG laserusing a nonlinear mirror, APPL PHYS L, 75(20), 1999, pp. 3066-3068
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
75
Issue
20
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3066 - 3068
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(19991115)75:20<3066:A1PAPM>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Efficient mode locking of a flash-lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser at 1.064 mu m is achieved by combining the passive-positive feedback of a frequency doublin g nonlinear mirror (FDNLM) and the passive-negative feedback of a GaAs plat elet. the FDNLM consists of a BBO crystal and of a dichroic mirror. Pulse d urations as short as 12 ps are obtained. Temporal evolution of pulse durati on in the pulse train is presented and discussed. (C) 1999 American Institu te of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)01246-2].