Field guide to laser pulse generation / Rudiger Paschotta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paschotta, Rüdiger, author.

Contributor:

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

Series:

SPIE field guides ; FG14.

SPIE field guides ; FG14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laser pulses, Ultrashort.

Pulse generators.

Pulse techniques (Electronics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 119 pages) : illustrations, digital file.

Other Title:

Laser pulse generation.

Place of Publication:

Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE, 2008.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

This Guide provides the essential information on laser pulse generation, including Q switching, gain switching, mode locking, and the amplification of ultrashort pulses to high energies. Pulse characterization is also covered, along with the physical aspects and various technical limitations. This Guide is designed for industry practitioners, researchers, users of pulsed and ultrafast laser systems, and anyone wanting to learn more about the potential of different pulse generation methods.

Contents:

Glossary of symbols

Introduction to optical pulses

Optical pulses in the time domain

Optical pulses in the frequency domain

Bandwidth-limited pulses

Pulse trains and frequency combs

Carrier-envelope offset

Overview of laser sources for optical pulses

Q switching

Active and passive Q switching

Essentials of laser dynamics

Pumping the gain medium

Dynamics of active Q switching

Achievable pulse energy

Pulse duration and buildup time

Influence of pulse repetition rate

Dynamics of passive Q switching

Pulse duration and pulse energy

Saturable absorbers for Q switching

Influence of pump fluctuations

Mode beating in multimode lasers

Q-Switched solid-State bulk lasers

Q-Switched microchip lasers

Q-Switched fiber lasers

Multiple pulsing and instabilities

Cavity dumping

Gain switching

Comparison with other techniques

Mode locking

Active mode locking

Passive mode locking

Mode locking with fast saturable absorbers

Mode locking with slow saturable absorbers

Chromatic dispersion

Dispersive pulse broadening

Effect of dispersion in mode-locked lasers

Dispersion compensation

The Kerr nonlinearity

Self-phase modulation

Self-phase modulation and chromatic dispersion

Optical solitons

Quasi-Soliton pulses in laser resonators.

Semiconductor saturable absorbers

Other saturable absorbers for mode locking

Initiation of mode locking

Q-switching instabilities

Actively mode-locked solid-state bulk lasers

Harmonic mode locking

Passively mode-locked solid-state bulk lasers

Performance figures of mode-locked bulk lasers

Choice of solid-State gain media

Additive-Pulse mode locking

Kerr lens mode locking

Generation of few-cycle pulses

Mode-locked high-power thin-disk lasers

Miniature lasers with high repetition rates

Mode-locked fiber lasers

Soliton fiber lasers

Limitations of soliton fiber lasers

Stretched-pulse fiber lasers

Similariton fiber lasers

Mode-locked diode lasers

Mode-locked VECSELs

Mode-locked dye lasers

Instabilities of mode-locked lasers

Amplification of ultrashort pulses

Multipass solid-state bulk amplifiers

Regenerative amplifiers

Fiber amplifiers

Chirped-pulse amplification

Optical parametric amplifiers

Pulse characterization

Measurement of pulse energy and peak power

Autocorrelators

Pulse characterization with FROG

Pulse characterization with SPIDER

Measurement of carrier-envelope offset

Timing jitter of mode-locked lasers

Measurement of timing jitter

Equation summary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"SPIE digital library."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-116) and index.

ISBN:

9780819478276

OCLC:

435912046

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.