Pulsed single mode laser oscillation in a new coupled cavity design

D. J. Binks; D. K. Ko; L. A W Gloster; T. A. King

Pulsed single mode laser oscillation in a new coupled cavity design

D. J. Binks, D. K. Ko, L. A W Gloster, T. A. King

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Abstract

A novel coupled cavity for stable, single mode operation of pulsed lasers is reported. The coupled cavity consists of a multi-arm grazing incidence cavity (GIC) configured to form a Fox-Smith interferometer. The coupling improves mode selection without loss in efficiency. Single mode operation with a bandwidth of <200 MHz was readily observed, compared with the conventional GIC which operated on 5 modes under identical conditions. A model has been developed that predicts the mode spacing of the coupled cavity and allows the cavity parameters to be optimised for single mode operation. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	173-176
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	146
Issue number	1-6
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 1998

Keywords

Coupled
Grazing incidence
Single mode
Ti:sapphire

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