Characterization of laser seeding by use of group-velocity dispersion in an atomic-vapor filter. Academic Article

abstract

• A method for measuring laser seeding efficiencies by use of group-velocity dispersion has been developed. By tuning the laser near a resonance in an atomic-vapor filter it is possible to temporally decouple the seeded (narrow-band) light from the unseeded (broadband) light. We measured a seeding efficiency of 99.8% of the third harmonic of an injection-seeded Ti:sapphire laser. A model for the observed dispersion has been developed and tested. The group-velocity dispersion in the filter may also be used to chirp pulses for spectral analysis in the time domain.

authors

• Miles, Richard

published proceedings

• Opt Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Yalin, A. P., Barker, P. F., & Miles, R. B.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Yalin, AP||Barker, PF||Miles, RB

publication date

• April 2000

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Letters  Journal

keywords

• 0299 Other Physical Sciences

PubMed Central ID

• 18064093

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/ol.25.000502

start page

• 502

end page

• 504

volume

• 25

issue

• 7

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ol.25.000502