Low Threshold Self-Starting Operation of an Additive-Pulse Mode-Locked, Diode-Pumped Nd:YLF Laser
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 36 (12B) , L1665-1667
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.36.l1665
Abstract
The birefringence effect of a single mode fiber on the self-starting threshold in a diode-pumped, additive-pulse mode-locked Nd:YLF laser is investigated. By controlling the polarization state of pulses in the external cavity containing a single-mode fiber, the mode locking could be self-started with CW power (as low as 10 mW) coupled to the fiber and stably maintained over several hours.Keywords
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