Mode-locking operation of a flash-lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser at 1.064µm with Zakharov-Manakov solitons

M. Andreana (1) , F. Baronio (2) , Matteo Conforti (2) , A. Tonello (3) , C. de Angelis (2) , V. Couderc (1)

1 XLIM - XLIM
2 Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione [Brescia]
3 XLIM-PHOT - Photonique Fibre et Sources Cohérentes

We report experimental results on the mode-locked operation of a flash-lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser at 1.064 µm. The KTP crystal, which induces passive mode-locking, exploits the existence and properties of spatial Zakharov-Manakov soli-ton dynamics. A train of pulses with duration close to 100 ps, repetition rate of 136 M Hz and modulation depth almost 100% has been produced. The mode-locked pulses are modulated with a longer 180 ns pulse envelope with repetition rate of 10 Hz. Oscilloscope trace of a train of mode-locked 100 ps pulses of the flash-pumped Nd:YAG at 1.064 µm. Inset: selected mode-locked pulse within the train.

Mots clés: mode-locking; nonlinear optics; solitons

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

M. Andreana, F. Baronio, Matteo Conforti, A. Tonello, C. de Angelis, et al.. Mode-locking operation of a flash-lamp-pumped Nd:YAG laser at 1.064µm with Zakharov-Manakov solitons. Laser Physics Letters, 2011, 8 (11), pp.795-798. ⟨10.1002/lapl.201110071⟩. ⟨hal-02395130⟩