TY - JOUR
T1 - Mutual Kerr-lens mode-locking
AU - Bohn, Matthew J.
AU - Jason Jones, R.
AU - Diels, Jean Claude
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We have demonstrated a new method of mutual Kerr-lens mode-locking which provides for a means to define the crossing point of counter-propagating waves in a ring or linear laser, without the use of a saturable absorber. Blue radiation emanating from the crystal has been identified as surface second harmonic and sum frequency generation. The latter, appearing only in condition of bidirectionality, provides a convenient means to verify that pulses are indeed crossing in the nonlinear crystal. This laser has promising applications for rotation sensing, motion sensing, electro-optic sampling and phase spectroscopy. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number ECS 9970082.
PY - 1999/10/15
Y1 - 1999/10/15
N2 - A new method mutual Kerr-lens mode-locking is presented which provides for a means to define the crossing point of counter-propagating waves in a ring or linear laser, without the use of an saturable absorber. Blue radiation emanating from the crystal was identified as surface second harmonic and sum frequency generation. The latter appearing only in condition of bidirectionality, provides a convenient means to verify that pulses are indeed crossing in the nonlinear crystal. This laser has promising applications for rotation sensing, motion sensing, electro-optic sampling and phase spectroscopy.
AB - A new method mutual Kerr-lens mode-locking is presented which provides for a means to define the crossing point of counter-propagating waves in a ring or linear laser, without the use of an saturable absorber. Blue radiation emanating from the crystal was identified as surface second harmonic and sum frequency generation. The latter appearing only in condition of bidirectionality, provides a convenient means to verify that pulses are indeed crossing in the nonlinear crystal. This laser has promising applications for rotation sensing, motion sensing, electro-optic sampling and phase spectroscopy.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00441-1
DO - 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00441-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0343963095
VL - 170
SP - 85
EP - 92
JO - Optics Communications
JF - Optics Communications
SN - 0030-4018
IS - 1
ER -