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Automation of Mode Locking in a Nonlinear Polarization Rotation Fiber Laser through Output Polarization Measurements
Published on: February 28, 2016
Coherent combination of two intracavity eigenmodes producing linearly polarized emission in an isotropic laser
Abstract:
The behavior of directly linearly polarized emission was investigated in an isotropic Nd:YAG laser with a weakly anisotropic Fabry-Perot cavity. In order to explore the polarization mechanism, the intracavity eigenmodes were analyzed theoretically. A theoretical model was developed and shown to be suitable for describing the orientation-dependent beam profiles of the polarizer-specific features observed in experiments. This model indicates that the linear polarization emission results from the coherently combined state of intracavity eigenmodes as opposed to an intrinsic polarization state. The coherent combination is attributed to the frequency degeneracy and spontaneous phase locking of polarized eigenmodes. For the first time, the polarization coupling mechanism based on the coherent combination of eigenmodes in an isotropic solid-state laser was demonstrated. Moreover, this study also contributes an effective method to judge different types of linear polarization states.
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