Principles of passive mode locking
Abstract
The ultrashort pulse-forming properties of lasers are reviewed in terms of the master equation time-domain description of mode locking. The pulse shortening strengths and steady-state operating characteristics of a broad range of modern experimental systems are discussed within the framework of the classic slow-saturable-absorber and fast-saturable-absorber analytical models.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics B Photophysics Laser Chemistry
- Pub Date:
- March 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994ApPPL..58..159I
- Keywords:
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- Laser Mode Locking;
- Laser Modes;
- Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers;
- Light Scattering;
- Mathematical Models;
- Steady State;
- Lasers and Masers