An experimental study of the linear growth region of ultrashort-pulse generation in a mode-locked Nd : glass laser
- 15 June 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 24 (12) , 631-633
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1655083
Abstract
An experiment is performed to measure τ1, the duration of the linear growth stage of ultrashort‐pulse (USP) generation, in a mode‐locked Nd : glass laser. A linear relationship between USP pulsewidth and τ1 is derived and borne out experimentally. From the linear gradient τ1 is estimated to be about 100 μsec. Some precursor spikes are observed in most shots and might account for the long τ1.Keywords
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