Title :
First experimental observation of critical phenomena in a mode-locked laser
Author :
Rosen, Amir ; Levit, Boris ; Smulakovsky, Vladimir ; Bekker, Alexander ; Feldster, Alfred ; Weill, Rafi ; Fischer, Baruch
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We report on a first experimental observation of critical behavior in a laser system with passive mode-locking and external pulse injection. The critical exponents were found to match the theoretical values of beta = 0.5 and delta = 3 .
Keywords :
laser theory; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; critical phenomena; external pulse injection; mode locked laser; passive mode locking; Gas lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical microscopy; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Superluminescent diodes; Temperature; 000.6590 Statistical mechanics; 140.3430 Laser theory; 140.4050 Mode-locked lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627852
