Stable YAG:Nd laser with passive longitudinal mode locking
Abstract
A description is presented of a method which makes it possible to obtain a substantial improvement in the stability of passive mode locking. The new method makes it also feasible to extend the range over which the repetition frequency of an yttrium aluminum garnet laser can be adjusted. In the discussed experiments, a passive YAG:Nd rod was placed inside the laser resonator. A Brewster plate was inserted into the resonator to provide linear polarization. The laser resonator was formed by a plane mirror and a convex mirror. The TEM(00) mode was excited in the working pump range.
- Publication:
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Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnischeskoi Fiziki
- Pub Date:
- November 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980PZhTF...6.1356G
- Keywords:
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- Laser Mode Locking;
- Laser Stability;
- Neodymium Lasers;
- Yag Lasers;
- Laser Cavities;
- Linear Polarization;
- Yttrium-Aluminum Garnet;
- Lasers and Masers