Transient pulse evolution of active mode locking in an intracavity frequency-doubled laser
Abstract
The theory of transient mode locking for an active modulator in an intracavity frequency-doubled laser is presented. The theory is applied to mode-locked and intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser and the mode-locked pulse width is plotted as a function of number of round trips inside the cavity. It is found that the pulse compression is faster and the system takes a very short time to approach the steady state in the presence of a second harmonic generating crystal inside the laser cavity. The effect of modulation depth and the second harmonic conversion efficiency on the temporal behavior of the pulse width is discussed.
- Publication:
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Journal of Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.330010
- Bibcode:
- 1982JAP....53.7076R
- Keywords:
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- Harmonic Generations;
- Laser Cavities;
- Laser Mode Locking;
- Neodymium Lasers;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Yag Lasers;
- Laser Applications;
- Optical Communication;
- Q Switched Lasers;
- Time Dependence;
- Lasers and Masers