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<div class="csl-entry">Krausz, F., Turi, L., Kuti, Cs., & Schmidt, A. J. (1990). Active mode locking of lasers by piezoelectrically induced diffraction modulation. <i>Applied Physics Letters</i>, <i>56</i>(15), 1415–1417. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.102485</div>
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0003-6951
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/218612
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dc.description.abstract
A new amplitude-modulation mode-locking technique is presented. Acoustic waves are generated directly on the faces of a resonant photoelastic medium. The created standing waves cause a highly efficient diffraction modulation of light. The modulation depth of standing-wave mode lockers is related to material and drive parameters and a figure of merit is introduced. With a lithium niobate crystal modulation depths over 10 are achieved at 1.054 μm and 1 W of radio frequency power. Using this device for the active mode locking of a continuous-wave Nd:glass laser pulses as short as 3.8 ps are produced at a repetition rate of 66 MHz. Limitations of amplitude-modulation mode locking by standing acoustic waves are discussed.
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en
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dc.publisher
AIP PUBLISHING
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dc.relation.ispartof
Applied Physics Letters
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dc.subject
Acoustic waves
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Amplitude modulation
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dc.subject
Laser physics
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dc.title
Active mode locking of lasers by piezoelectrically induced diffraction modulation
