Geometrical description of the onset of multi-pulsing in mode-locked laser cavities

被引：96

作者：

Li, Feng ^{[2
]}

Wai, P. K. A. ^{[2
]}

Kutz, J. Nathan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Washington, Dept Appl Math, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

[2] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Elect & Informat Engn Dept, Photon Res Ctr, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS | 2010年 / 27卷 / 10期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

TI-SAPPHIRE LASER; FIBER LASER; LOCKING; GENERATION; OPERATION;

D O I：

10.1364/JOSAB.27.002068

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

A simple iterative model is introduced quantifying the interaction of saturable gain and nonlinear loss in a mode-locked laser cavity. The resulting geometrical description of the laser dynamics completely characterizes the generic multi-pulsing instability observed in experiments. The model further shows that the onset of multi-pulsing can be preceded by periodic and chaotic transitions as recently confirmed in theory and experiment. The results suggest ways to engineer the nonlinear losses in the cavity in order to achieve an enhanced performance. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

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页码：2068 / 2077

页数：10