Polarization switching in a microchip Nd:YAG laser using polarized feedback
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 10 (9) , 1605-1609
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.10.001605
Abstract
Lasers that are almost optically isotropic may operate on more than one polarization mode. Here we report on the polarization states of microchip YAG lasers, their control by polarized feedback, and the dynamics of the polarization flips. Switching and polarization relaxation oscillations are observed, both of which are much faster than the inverse of the population decay rate.Keywords
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