Features and common characteristics of active mode locking in gas, solid state, and dye lasers

Alexander A. Apolonski; Alexandr A. Zabolotskii; Vladimir P. Drachev; Eduard I. Zinin

doi:10.1117/12.165634

5 January 1994 Features and common characteristics of active mode locking in gas, solid state, and dye lasers

Alexander A. Apolonski, Alexandr A. Zabolotskii, Vladimir P. Drachev, Eduard I. Zinin

Proceedings Volume 2041, Mode-locked and Other Ultrashort Laser Designs, Amplifiers, and Applications; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165634
Event: Optics Quebec, 1993, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

In the present paper we report about experimental investigation of acousto-optical mode locking in various types of lasers: gas, solid-state and dye. The theoretical description which takes into account the amplifying process of short pulses in resonant active medium had been carried out. Experimentally the pulse location inside the temporal mode-locker `window' and its shape as a function of both active medium gain and the resonator length detuning have been done. The pulse shape comprises satellite(s) following the main pulse. The number of the satellites with their relative amplitude and spacing from the main pulse was also one of the subjects of investigation.

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Alexander A. Apolonski, Alexandr A. Zabolotskii, Vladimir P. Drachev, and Eduard I. Zinin "Features and common characteristics of active mode locking in gas, solid state, and dye lasers", Proc. SPIE 2041, Mode-locked and Other Ultrashort Laser Designs, Amplifiers, and Applications, (5 January 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165634

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