An experimental study of the primary parameters that determine the temporal compression of CW Nd:YAG laser pulses
Abstract
An experimental study of temporally compressed CW Nd:YAG laser pulses using an optical fibre and diffraction grating pair technique has been carried out. The relevant experimental parameters have been varied so that a better insight into the physical processes could be gained and to enable some comparisons to be made with theory. Under optimum conditions an overall 47 × pulsewidth compression and 10 × enhancement in peak power have been achieved. Changes in fibre length, peak power and grating separation gave rise to outputs which showed good qualitative agreement with theoretical predictions.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- July 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0030-4018(85)90374-8
- Bibcode:
- 1985OptCo..54..377G
- Keywords:
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- Continuous Wave Lasers;
- Fiber Optics;
- Pulse Compression;
- Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers;
- Yag Lasers;
- Autocorrelation;
- Gratings (Spectra);
- Laser Mode Locking;
- Laser Outputs;
- Neodymium Lasers;
- Pulse Duration;
- Lasers and Masers