Analysis of pulse coherence property of actively mode-locked inhomogeneously broadened lasers using space-time analogy

Author

Yan, Li

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

1-4 Dec 1998

Firstpage

61

Abstract

Inhomogeneously broadened lasers have weak spectral narrowing and can generate potentially ultrashort laser pulses. However, the coherence of the actively mode-locked pulses depends on the modulation strength and often is not guaranteed. In this paper an analysis of the pulse coherence property of actively mode-locked inhomogeneously broadened lasers using the space-time analogy in optics is presented. The analytic formulation determines the coherence property of the actively mode-locked laser pulses, and theoretical calculations are in agreement with experimental observations

Keywords

laser mode locking; laser theory; light coherence; spectral line broadening; actively mode-locked inhomogeneously broadened lasers; actively mode-locked pulse coherence; modulation strength; pulse coherence property; space-time analogy; ultrashort laser pulses; weak spectral narrowing; Bandwidth; Coherence; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pulse modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4947-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1998.737733

Filename

737733