Self-stabilized single-longitudinal-mode operation in a self-Q-switched Cr,Nd:YAG laser
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 18 (17) , 1418-1419
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.18.001418
Abstract
It is shown, both theoretically and experimentally, that stable single-longitudinal-mode operation, with transform-limited spectral linewidth and without pulse-to-pulse mode competition, can be obtained in a monolithic self-Q-switched Cr,Nd:YAG solid-state laser with a distributed saturable absorber. In this system, the lasing mode establishes a loss grating and thereby stabilizes itself.Keywords
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