Abstract

An optical Kerr medium in a pulsed laser cavity can appreciably affect the pulsed laser output via self-induced ellipse rotation and self-focusing. Stretching of a Q-switched ruby laser pulse has been observed with either of these two effects. Transverse mode selection by self-focusing has also been seen. The results appear in good agreement with theoretical prediction.

© 1982 Optical Society of America

Refractive Q-switching of a ruby laser by a moving plasma

M. Dembinski and P. K. John
Appl. Opt. 21(20) 3725-3727 (1982)

Self-mode locking in a Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser

P. Myslinski, J. Chrostowski, J. A. K. Koningstein, and J. R. Simpson
Appl. Opt. 32(3) 286-290 (1993)

Upper-limit speed of a moving object in front-surface holography using a Q-switched ruby laser

Hirofumi Fujiwara, Tatsumi Sato, and Kazumi Murata
Appl. Opt. 21(4) 721-724 (1982)

Improvement of the self-Q-switching behavior of a Cr:LiSrAlF₆ laser by use of binary diffractive optics

Nicolas Passilly, Michael Fromager, and Kamel Aït-Ameur
Appl. Opt. 43(26) 5047-5059 (2004)

Radial thermal gradients occurring in the bimodal atmospheric guided energy laser scheme: a theoretical study

Neal A. Hauser and Christopher C. Davis
Appl. Opt. 21(18) 3384-3392 (1982)