Mode hopping in single-mode microchip Nd:YAG lasers induced by optical feedback

• 来源期刊: 中国物理（英文版）
• 关键词: mode hopping optical feedback modes competition intensity modulation
• 年，卷（期）: 2006,（12）
• 页码范围: 2934-2941
• 页数: 8页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The mode hopping phenomenon induced by optical feedback in single-mode microchip Nd:YAG lasers is presented.With optical feedback, mode hopping strongly depends on two factors: the ratio of external cavity length to intra-cavity length, and initial gains of the two hopping modes. When external cavity length equals an integral multiple of intracavity length, there is almost no mode hopping. However, ifthe external cavity length does not equal an integral multiple of intra-cavity length, mode hopping occurs. The ratio of external cavity length to intra-cavity length determines the position of two-mode hopping. The initial gains of the two hopping modes determine the corresponding peak values and oscillating periods of them in the intensity modulation curves.