A. Minassian et al., Spectral filtering of gain gratings and spectral evolution of holographic laser oscillators, IEEE J Q EL, 36(7), 2000, pp. 802-809
We present results of the spectral filtering properties of volume gain grat
ings and their role as diffractive optical elements in the spectral evoluti
on of holographic laser oscillators. We show that the gain grating acts as
a spectral filter with a filter bandwidth that is approximately inversely p
roportional to the medium length, We investigate holographic laser oscillat
ors and find that, when either the gain grating is written by monochromatic
radiation or when it is initiated from broad-band radiation, the output of
such oscillators can evolve to single longitudinal mode in correspondence
to experimental observations.