Pulse shortening and chirp production in a passively mode-locked Nd:YAG laser using GaAs

Zhuhong Zhang; Dianyuan Fan; Ximing Deng

doi:10.1117/12.144135

11 May 1993 Pulse shortening and chirp production in a passively mode-locked Nd:YAG laser using GaAs

Zhuhong Zhang, Dianyuan Fan, Ximing Deng

Proceedings Volume 1979, 1992 International Conference on Lasers and Optoelectronics; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.144135
Event: 1992 International Conference on Lasers and Optoelectronics, 1992, Bejing, China

Abstract

GaAs used in a passively mode-locked Nd:YAG laser is demonstrated to be influential on pulse shortening and chirp production. Additional pulse shortening is partly due to the induced self-diffraction of colliding light pulses in GaAs. The frequency shift and chirp arising from the nonlinear refractive index induced by free-carrier generation in GaAs have also been investigated. Experiments on pulse compression from 23 ps to < 10 ps and showing the downchirp produced in pulse are finished.

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Zhuhong Zhang, Dianyuan Fan, and Ximing Deng "Pulse shortening and chirp production in a passively mode-locked Nd:YAG laser using GaAs", Proc. SPIE 1979, 1992 International Conference on Lasers and Optoelectronics, (11 May 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.144135

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