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Theory of stationary ultarshort pulses in solid-state laserswith passive mode locking

Journal Article · · Opt. Spectrosc. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5261083
The formation of steady-state pulses in solid-state lasers with passive mode locking is investigated under conditions when the refractive index is frequency dispersive and nonlinear. The case of a noninertial absorber is considered as well as that of an inertial one. It is shown that when the nonlinearity of the refractive index exceeds a certain critical level phase modulation of the pulse leads to instability of the steady-state regime. The possibility is discussed of forming extremely short pulses in wide-band amplifying media such as alexandrite.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
OSTI ID:
5261083
Journal Information:
Opt. Spectrosc. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Opt. Spectrosc. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 60:2; ISSN OPSUA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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