access icon free Splitting of repetition rate in mode-locked laser

An Nd:YVO4 laser with intracavity frequency doubling exhibits two mode-locked states with different repetition rates. The two states may coexist, interact and transform from one to the other as the cavity length is varied. The transition from one dominant state to the other takes place continuously. The proposed effect is evidence of a bifurcation phenomenon.

Inspec keywords: laser transitions; solid lasers; optical harmonic generation; laser mode locking; bifurcation; laser cavity resonators; neodymium

Other keywords: mode-locked laser; YVO4:Nd; repetition rate splitting; dominant state; laser state transitions; bifurcation; intracavity frequency doubling

Subjects: Optical harmonic generation, frequency conversion, parametric oscillation and amplification; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Design of specific laser systems; Lasing action in other solids; Solid lasers; Laser resonators and cavities; Optical chaos and related effects; Laser resonators and cavities; Optical harmonic generation, frequency conversion, parametric oscillation and amplification; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning

References

    1. 1)
      • 5. Aleksandrov, V., Grigorova, T., Iliev, H., Trifonov, A., Buchvarov, I.C.: ‘χ(2)-lens mode-locking of a high average power Nd:YVO4’. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Baltimore, MD, USA, May 2014, p. SM4F.3, doi: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2014.SM4F.3.
    2. 2)
    3. 3)
      • 6. Kiyan, R., Deparis, O., Pottiez, O., Megret, P., Blondel, M.: ‘Frequency splitting in repetition-rate doubled rational harmonic actively mode-locked pulse train’. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Baltimore, MD, USA, May 2001, pp. 247248, doi: 10.1109/CLEO.2001.947764.
    4. 4)
    5. 5)
    6. 6)
    7. 7)
    8. 8)
http://iet.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.1049/el.2015.1467
Loading

Related content

content/journals/10.1049/el.2015.1467
pub_keyword,iet_inspecKeyword,pub_concept
6
6
Loading
Correspondence
This article has following corresponding article(s):
in brief