Influence of the inversion depletion in the active medium on the evolution of ultrashort pulses in passively mode-locked solid-state lasers
Abstract
An analytical treatment of the ultrashort-pulse generation in a solid-state laser is given taking into account gain saturation. The probability for the breakdown of the picosecond-pulse evolution caused by the amplification depletion is calculated. The influence of the active medium saturation on the satellite-pulse probability is investigated. Both probabilities characterize the mode-locking behaviour of the laser system and are calculated for various laser parameters to find an optimum laser regime.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00886024
- Bibcode:
- 1979ApPhy..20..237H
- Keywords:
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- Laser Mode Locking;
- Lasing;
- Population Inversion;
- Solid State Lasers;
- Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers;
- Laser Outputs;
- Numerical Analysis;
- Picosecond Pulses;
- Power Efficiency;
- Lasers and Masers;
- PACS 42.55;
- 42.55