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Lasers

Influence of the complex structure of the ⁴F_3/2 — ⁴I_11/2 gain line of the Nd³⁺ ions in a YAG crystal on the characteristics of the self-modulation operation regime of a ring laser

V. G. Voronin, O. E. Nanii, A. V. Pankratov

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics

Abstract: The influence of the complex structure of the gain line of the Nd³⁺ ions in a YAG crystal on the operational characteristics of a ring laser in a self-modulation type I regime was investigated. It was found that preferential suppression of the wave propagating in the direction of the laser rotation can be accounted for by the presence of the imaginary component of the optical-wave gain at the frequency corresponding to the gain maximum.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Da

Received: 06.11.1998

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1999, 29:11, 944–948

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