Reliable passive mode locking with slow Q switching Marconi, Mario Carlos ; Martinez, Oscar Eduardo ; Diodati, Francisco Piero An electro-optic modulator (EOM) has been added to a passive mode-locked Nd:glass laser in order to slow Q-switch the cavity. This guarantees that the laser will work near threshold even if the gain of the laser medium or the losses change from shot to shot. The losses at the EOM are used as the output coupling. This new configuration allows more reliable operation of the system. Colorado State University. Libraries 1980 text ; image application/pdf ECEmcm00049.pdf FACFECEN100461ARTI eng c1980 American Institute of Physics
Reliable passive mode locking with slow Q switching
Marconi, Mario Carlos ; Martinez, Oscar Eduardo ; Diodati, Francisco Piero
An electro-optic modulator (EOM) has been added to a passive mode-locked Nd:glass laser in order to slow Q-switch the cavity. This guarantees that the laser will work near threshold even if the gain of the laser medium or the losses change from shot to shot. The losses at the EOM are used as the output coupling. This new configuration allows more reliable operation of the system.
Colorado State University. Libraries
1980
text ; image
application/pdf
ECEmcm00049.pdf
FACFECEN100461ARTI
eng
c1980 American Institute of Physics