The master equations of mode-locking

Author

Haus, H.A.

Author_Institution

Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

57

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.833873

Filename

833873