Title :
Destabilization by noise of passive mode locking with general dispersion and Kerr nonlinearity
Author :
Katz, Michael ; Gordon, Ariel ; Gat, Omri ; Fischer, Baruch
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We study passive mode-locking in the general case of arbitrary dispersion and Kerr nonlinearity and the presence of noise. We present an analytical derivation and expressions for the threshold power required to maintain mode-locked pulses.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser noise; laser stability; optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; Kerr nonlinearity; analytical derivation; arbitrary dispersion; destabilization; noise; passive mode locking; threshold power; Gaussian noise; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Nonlinear equations; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Solitons; Steady-state;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549086
