Self-starting mode-locked ring cavity laser
US5383198A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/105
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A self-mode-locked ring cavity laser incorporating a laser crystal such as Ti:Sapphire includes an external cavity for producing self-starting of mode-locked operation. The external cavity receives a portion of one of the continuous wave beams from the ring cavity modulates it, and retroreflects it back to the ring cavity to initiate mode-locked unidirectional operation. The unidirectional mode-locked operation is in a direction which decouples the external cavity.
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