COHERENT EFFECTS IN A SELF-MODE-LOCKED TI-SAPPHIRE LASER

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作者
HARVEY, JD [1 ]
DUDLEY, JM [1 ]
CURLEY, PF [1 ]
SPIELMANN, C [1 ]
KRAUSZ, F [1 ]
机构
[1] VIENNA TECH UNIV, QUANTENELEKTR & LASERTECH ABT, A-1040 VIENNA, AUSTRIA
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10.1364/OL.19.000972
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The spectral and temporal characteristics of almost-equal-to 10-fs pulses from a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser were found to exhibit large deviations from the predictions of current theories of mode locking. A simple model that takes into account coherent coupling between the circulating pulse and the gain medium gives results in good agreement with experimental observations.
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页码:972 / 974
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