Title :
Noise dependent buildup of multiple pulses in mode-locked lasers along with a cascade of phase transitions
Author :
Weill, Rafi ; Vodonos, Boris ; Gordon, Ariel ; Bekker, Alexander ; Smulakovsky, V. ; Gat, Omri ; Fischer, Baruch
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
Successive formation and destruction of pulses in passive mode-locked lasers occur with a series of phase transitions, as noise (or power) is varied. We present experimental demonstration and a statistical-mechanics theory, including "thermodynamic" phase diagrams.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser noise; laser theory; phase diagrams; phase transformations; statistical mechanics; mode-locked lasers; multiple pulses; noise dependent buildup; phase transitions; pulse destruction; pulse formation; statistical-mechanics theory; thermodynamic phase diagrams;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
