Self-mode-locked pulsed monomode laser

Marc Brunel; Olivier Emile; Mehdi Alouini; Albert Le Floch; Fabien Bretenaker

doi:10.1364/OL.24.000229

Self-mode-locked pulsed monomode laser

Marc Brunel, Olivier Emile, Mehdi Alouini, Albert Le Floch, Fabien Bretenaker

University of Rennes

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Abstract

We predict the existence of a new pulsed-laser operation regime, when the phases and polarizations of the two coupled cold-cavity eigenstates of a monomode solid-state laser are taken into account in the derivation of the Maxwell-Bloch equations. This monomode pulsed regime is experimentally observed, without any normal mode locking or Q switching occurring inside the cavity. We obtain close agreement between experiments and theory, even in the simple case of a Nd:YAG microchip laser, for which sech² pulses at nearly megahertz repetition rates are readily observed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	229-231
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	24
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.24.000229
Publication status	Published - 15 Feb 1999
Externally published	Yes

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