Title :
Dynamics of active mode locking in broad-band continuous wave lasers
Author :
Reddy, K. P J ; Tatum, Jim A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
fDate :
5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Theoretical analysis for the dynamics of mode locking in an AM mode-locked broadband tunable solid-state laser is presented. The analysis is applied to study the pulse evolution inside the AM mode-locked Ti:Al2O3 laser. It is shown that the pulsewidth reaches a steady-state value after about 77500 round-trips inside the laser cavity which corresponds to 258 μs. An expression for the threshold condition for the mode-locking process is presented. The analysis yields the design parameters required for building an AM mode-locked laser
Keywords :
alumina; amplitude modulation; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser theory; laser tuning; optical modulation; solid lasers; titanium; 258 mus; AM mode-locked broadband tunable solid-state laser; Al2O3:Ti; CW laser dynamics; Ti:Al2O3 laser; active mode locking; broad-band continuous wave lasers; design parameters; laser cavity; pulse evolution; round-trips; threshold condition; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Solid lasers; Solid modeling; Space vector pulse width modulation; Steady-state; Tunable circuits and devices;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
