Abstract

A frequency-modulated Nd:YLF laser has been mode locked at a repetition rate of 5.4 GHz by using 20 mW of microwave power applied to a LiTaO₃ electro-optic phase modulator in a short (2-cm) laser cavity. The 13-ps pulse duration is shorter than expected on the basis of mode-locking theory for homogeneously broadened transitions and is attributed to inhomogeneity associated with spatial hole burning.

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Self-mode locking of a diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser

G. P. A. Malcolm and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 16(24) 1967-1969 (1991)

Resonant frequency quadrupling of a mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser

G. P. A. Malcolm, M. A. Persaud, and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 16(13) 983-985 (1991)

Synchronously pumped continuous-wave dye laser pumped by a mode-locked frequency-doubled diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser

G. P. A. Malcolm and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 16(11) 814-816 (1991)

Harmonic mode locking of a Nd:BEL laser using a 20-GHz dielectric resonator/optical modulator

A. A. Godil, A. S. Hou, B. A. Auld, and D. M. Bloom
Opt. Lett. 16(22) 1765-1767 (1991)

Pulsed FM mode locking of a Nd:BEL laser

A. A. Godil, K. D. Li, and D. M. Bloom
Opt. Lett. 16(16) 1243-1245 (1991)