Mode-locking operation of a flash-lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser at 1.064 mu m with Zakharov-Manakov solitons

Year: 2011

Authors: Andreana M., Baronio F., Conforti M., Tonello A., De Angelis C., Couderc V.

Autors Affiliation: XLIM, CNRS and University of Limoges, 123, Av. Albert Thomas, Limoges 87060, France; Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, University of Brescia, 38, Via Branze, Brescia 25123, Italy

Abstract: We report experimental results on the mode-locked operation of a flash-lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser at 1.064 mu m. The KTP crystal, which induces passive mode-locking, exploits the existence and properties of spatial Zakharov-Manakov soliton dynamics. A train of pulses with duration close to 100 ps, repetition rate of 136 MHz and modulation depth almost 100% has been produced. The mode-locked pulses are modulated with a longer 180 ns pulse envelope with repetition rate of 10 Hz.

Journal/Review: LASER PHYSICS LETTERS

Volume: 8 (11)      Pages from: 795  to: 798

More Information: The present research in Limoges is supported by the VINCI program 2010, in Brescia it is supported by Fondazione CARIPLO grant No. 2010-0595.
KeyWords: mode-locking; nonlinear optics; solitons
DOI: 10.1002/lapl.201110071

Citations: 3
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