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Lasers
Simultaneous mode locking and Q-switching in a solid-state laser with a travelling-wave acousto-optic modulator and retroreflector
O. E. Naniia, A. I. Odintsova, A. I. Panakova, A. P. Smirnovb, A. I. Fedoseeva a Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
b Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics
Abstract:
This paper presents a numerical study of the dynamics of a mode-locked, Q-switched laser whose cavity contains a travellingwave acousto-optic modulator (AOM) and a retroreflector which returns the zeroth- and first-order diffracted waves to the AOM. The reflectivity of the retroreflector depends on the order of diffraction. If the AOM is switched on once or periodically, lasing is characterised by a pulse train frequency sweep. Keeping the AOM constantly switched on leads to self-oscillations. Their characteristics can be controlled by varying the detuning of the operating frequency of the modulator from resonance.
Keywords:
laser, mode locking, Q-switching, acousto-optic modulator, self-oscillations.
Received: 03.08.2018 Revised: 18.10.2018
Citation:
O. E. Nanii, A. I. Odintsov, A. I. Panakov, A. P. Smirnov, A. I. Fedoseev, “Simultaneous mode locking and Q-switching in a solid-state laser with a travelling-wave acousto-optic modulator and retroreflector”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 49:2 (2019), 119–123 [Quantum Electron., 49:2 (2019), 119–123]
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe16979 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe/v49/i2/p119
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