Characterization of laser seeding by use of group-velocity dispersion in an atomic-vapor filter.
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 25 (7) , 502-504
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.25.000502
Abstract
A method for measuring laser seeding efficiencies by use of group-velocity dispersion has been developed. By tuning the laser near a resonance in an atomic-vapor filter it is possible to temporally decouple the seeded (narrow-band) light from the unseeded (broadband) light. We measured a seeding efficiency of 99.8% of the third harmonic of an injection-seeded Ti:sapphire laser. A model for the observed dispersion has been developed and tested. The group-velocity dispersion in the filter may also be used to chirp pulses for spectral analysis in the time domain.Keywords
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