Title :
Travelling wave model for a resonator containing a saturable absorber
Author :
Stultz, R.D. ; Camargo, M.B. ; Birnbaum, M.
Author_Institution :
Center for Laser Studies, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. For low outcoupling and nonsaturable losses, the traveling-wave model agrees exactly with the rate equation model (REM). Comparing simulated pulses from both models for a case with high outcoupling losses for the TWM, the outcoupling was from the Q-switch side of the resonator. In this case the peak power obtained from the traveling-wave model is about 20% higher than that predicted with the rate equation model.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser theory; modelling; optical couplers; optical losses; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; Q-switch side; high outcoupling losses; laser cavity resonator; low outcoupling; nonsaturable losses; peak power; rate equation model; saturable absorber; simulated pulses; traveling-wave model; travelling wave model; Absorption; Energy exchange; Equations; Kinetic theory; Laser modes; Luminescence; Optimized production technology; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Stationary state;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
