SELF-FOCUSING-INDUCED SATURABLE LOSS FOR LASER MODE-LOCKING

被引：75
作者：
HUANG, D
ULMAN, M
ACIOLI, LH
HAUS, HA
FUJIMOTO, JG
机构：
[1] MIT,ELECTR RES LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[2] MIT,DEPT PHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[3] UNIV PERNAMBUCO,DEPT PHYS,RECIFE,PE,BRAZIL
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 1992年 / 17卷 / 07期
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D O I：
10.1364/OL.17.000511
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
Self-focusing has recently been used for fast saturable absorber mode locking and femtosecond pulse generation in Ti:Al2O3 lasers. We describe the operation, design, and optimization of self-focusing loss modulators for mode locking. A new formalism is developed that simplifies the treatment of self-focusing in thick nonlinear media by using a simple transform of the complex Gaussian beam parameter. Theoretical predictions are confirmed by experimental measurements.
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页数：3
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