title: Cost-effective low timing jitter passively Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state laser with composite pumping pulses.
abstract: A novel scheme that combines gain switching with passive Q switching of a miniature diode-pumped solid-state laser is proposed and implemented. A composite pumping pulse, consisting of a long, low-intensity pulse and a following short, high-intensity pulse, is used to reduce the timing jitter. A greater-than-tenfold reduction in timing jitter is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
authors.forename: Jacob B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Khurgin
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Solyar
authors.forename: Chen-Chia
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Sudhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trivedi