Title :
Self-induced transparency modelocking with saturable nonlinearity and group velocity dispersion
Author :
Talukder, Muhammad A. ; Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
The limits that saturable nonlinearity and group velocity dispersion impose on self-induced transparency modelocking are explored. Stable modelocked pulses exist within limiting values, but their durations and intensities change.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical dispersion; self-induced transparency; group velocity dispersion; saturable nonlinearity; self-induced transparency modelocking; Absorption; Computer science; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Quantum cascade lasers; Robustness; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
