Title :
The master equations of mode-locking
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The theory of active mode-locking was first formulated by Kuizenga and Siegman. The master equation of passive mode-locking with a fast saturable absorber was set up by Haus. For a while, the subsequent master equation describing mode-locking with a slow saturable absorber held sway, since ultrashort pulses ran into the relaxation rate of the saturable absorber. Mode-locking by artificial saturable absorbers, such as KLM (Kerr Lens Modelocking) and Additive Pulse Modelocking (AFM) is well described by the master equation with a fast saturable absorber, complemented by self-phase modulation as done by Martinez et al.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; master equation; Additive Pulse Modelocking; Kerr Lens Modelocking; active mode-locking; artificial saturable absorbers; fast saturable absorber; master equations; mode-locking; passive mode-locking; Dispersion; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear equations; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.833873
