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OPTICS AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Mode locking in a Ti:sapphire laser by means of a coherent absorber
M. V. Arkhipovab, R. M. Arkhipovabc, A. A. Shimkoa, I. V. Babushkinde, N. N. Rosanovfbc a St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
b ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia
c Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
d Institute of Quantum Optics, Leibniz University, Hannover, Hannover, Germany
e Max Born Institute, Berlin, Germany
f Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract:
The regime of passive mode locking in a Ti:sapphire laser with a coherent absorber resulting in the emission of pulses with a duration considerably shorter than the absorber relaxation times is demonstrated experimentally. A cell filled with rubidium vapor placed in the laser cavity serves as a coherent absorber. Mode locking arises when the laser oscillation frequency is tuned to the resonance transitions in rubidium. In our opinion, $2\pi$ pulses of self-induced transparency appear in the cavity, and the reported results represent the first experimental demonstration of passive mode locking caused by the effect of self-induced transparency, which has previously been discussed only theoretically.
Received: 04.04.2019 Revised: 04.04.2019 Accepted: 05.04.2019
Citation:
M. V. Arkhipov, R. M. Arkhipov, A. A. Shimko, I. V. Babushkin, N. N. Rosanov, “Mode locking in a Ti:sapphire laser by means of a coherent absorber”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 109:10 (2019), 657–661; JETP Letters, 109:10 (2019), 634–637
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