Polarization based mode-locking of a laser
US6021140A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/109
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for mode-locking a laser, comprising reversibly converting radiation in the laser at a fundamental frequency into radiation at a second harmonic frequency, discriminating the radiation at the fundamental frequency using a polarization of the radiation at the fundamental frequency, and reconverting the radiation at the second harmonic frequency into radiation at the fundamental frequency.
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