All-optical synchronization of a Q-switched 100ps microchip laser to a femtosecond laser reference source

D. Nodop; J. Rothardt; S. Haedrich; J. Limpert; A. Tünnermann

doi:10.1117/12.763516

5 March 2008 All-optical synchronization of a Q-switched 100ps microchip laser to a femtosecond laser reference source

D. Nodop, J. Rothardt, S. Haedrich, J. Limpert, A. Tünnermann

Proceedings Volume 6871, Solid State Lasers XVII: Technology and Devices; 687102 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.763516
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We present a Q-switched microchip laser emitting 1064nm pulses as short as 100ps synchronized to a cavity dumped femtosecond laser emitting 800nm pulses as short as 80fs. The synchronization is achieved by presaturating the saturable absorber of the microchip laser with femtosecond pulses even though both lasers emit at different wavelengths. The mean timing jitter is 40ps and thus considerably shorter than the pulse duration of the microchip laser.

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D. Nodop, J. Rothardt, S. Haedrich, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann "All-optical synchronization of a Q-switched 100ps microchip laser to a femtosecond laser reference source", Proc. SPIE 6871, Solid State Lasers XVII: Technology and Devices, 687102 (5 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.763516

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