• DocumentCode
    3010866
  • Title

    A Preconditioned Newton-Krylov Method for Computing Stationary Pulse Solutions of Mode-locked Lasers

  • Author

    Birge, Jonathan R. ; Kärtner, Franz X.

  • Author_Institution
    Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We solve the periodic boundary value problem for a mode-locked laser cavity using a preconditioned matrix-implicit Newton-Krylov solver. Solutions are obtained two to three orders of magnitude faster than with standard tools.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; mode-locked laser cavity; periodic boundary value problem; preconditioned Newton-Krylov method; stationary pulse solution; Boundary value problems; Design optimization; Jacobian matrices; Laboratories; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical design; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452936
  • Filename
    4452936