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As we have seen in the previous chapter, the minimum pulse width obtainable from a Q-switched laser is on the order of 10 ns because of the required pulse buildup time. With the cavity dumping technique, the pulse width can be reduced to a minimum of 1 to 2 ns. The limitation here is the length of the cavity, which determines the pulse length. Ultrashort pulses with pulse widths in the picosecond or femtosecond regime are obtained from solid-state lasers by mode locking Employing this technique, which phase-locks the longitudinal modes of the laser, the pulse width is inversely related to the bandwidth of the laser emission.
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Koechner, W. (1999). Mode Locking. In: Solid-State Laser Engineering. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-14219-6_9
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