Temporal reshaping in mode-locked solid state lasers

Michel Piche; Jean-Francois Cormier; Francois Salin

doi:10.1117/12.165619

5 January 1994 Temporal reshaping in mode-locked solid state lasers

Michel Piche, Jean-Francois Cormier, Francois Salin

Proceedings Volume 2041, Mode-locked and Other Ultrashort Laser Designs, Amplifiers, and Applications; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165619
Event: Optics Quebec, 1993, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

We analyze the high power operation of self-mode-locked solid-state lasers. Excessive Kerr lensing is shown to bring the laser cavity out of the limits of geometrical stability; this situation results in temporal fluctuations, and pulse-break-up into many pulses. Kerr lensing can also reduce the size of the beam to such a point where higher-order transverse modes start to oscillate. Sudden changes in beam size are also examined. Experimental results obtained with a Ti:sapphire laser indicates that two-pulse emission can be more stable than one-pulse emission.

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Michel Piche, Jean-Francois Cormier, and Francois Salin "Temporal reshaping in mode-locked solid state lasers", Proc. SPIE 2041, Mode-locked and Other Ultrashort Laser Designs, Amplifiers, and Applications, (5 January 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165619

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