Generation of optical pulses as short as 27 femtoseconds directly from a laser balancing self-phase modulation, group-velocity dispersion, saturable absorption, and saturable gain

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1985 · Opt. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.10.000131· OSTI ID:5767341

Valdmanis, J A; Fork, R L; Gordon, J P

We describe an ultrashort-pulse laser that, under specific operating conditions, balances the mechanisms of conventional passive mode locking and solitonlike pulse shaping in a single resonator to generate optical pulses that are to our knowledge the shortest yet emitted directly from a laser, 27 fsec.

• Research Organization: ATandT Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
• OSTI ID: 5767341
• Journal Information: Opt. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 10:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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