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On the use of a chirped Bragg grating as a cavity mirror of a picosecond Nd:YAG laser
A. E. Zubkoa, E. V. Shashkova, A. V. Smirnova, N. S. Vorob'eva, V. I. Smirnovb a A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
b OptiGrate Corp
Abstract:
The first experimental evidence is presented that the use of a chirped volume Bragg grating (CVBG) as a cavity mirror of a Q-switched picosecond Nd:YAG laser with self-mode-locking leads to significant changes in the temporal parameters of the laser output. Measurements have been performed at two positions of the CVBG: with the grating placed so that shorter wavelengths reflected from its front part lead longer wavelengths or with the grating rotated through 180°, so that longer wavelengths are reflected first. In the former case, the duration of individual pulses in a train increased from ∼35 to ∼300 ps, whereas the pulse train shape and duration remained the same as in the case of a conventional laser with a mirror cavity. In the latter case, the full width at half maximum of pulse trains increased from ∼70 ns (Nd:YAG laser with a mirror cavity) to ∼1 ms, and the duration of individual pulses increased from 35 ps to ∼1.2 ns, respectively, which is more typical of free-running laser operation.
Keywords:
chirped volume Bragg gratings, picosecond laser pulse, image-converter camera.
Received: 04.11.2015 Revised: 18.12.2015
Citation:
A. E. Zubko, E. V. Shashkov, A. V. Smirnov, N. S. Vorob'ev, V. I. Smirnov, “On the use of a chirped Bragg grating as a cavity mirror of a picosecond Nd:YAG laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 46:2 (2016), 147–149 [Quantum Electron., 46:2 (2016), 147–149]
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe16336 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe/v46/i2/p147
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