Effect of higher-order dispersions on the chirped-pulse oscillator stability

Author

Kalashnikov, V.L. ; Apolonski, A.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Photonik, Vienna

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The effects of higher-order dispersions (HOD) on the chirped-pulse oscillator (CPO) stability have been analyzed numerically. It was found, that a local spectral maximum of group delay dispersion (GDD) as well as a "slope" in the frequency-dependence of GDD suppress the stability. On the contrary, a GDD local minimum strengthens the stability. A character of the destabilization changes in the presence of HOD: the cw-amplification is suppressed but the pulse suffers from strong and irregular pulsations. It is concluded that the control of the GDD spectral shape can improve the Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:Sa CPO stability and provide the control of the pulse chirp and spectrum.

Keywords

chirp modulation; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical Kerr effect; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:Sa CPO; chirped-pulse oscillator stability; cw-amplification; frequency-dependence; group delay dispersion; higher-order dispersion; pulse chirp control; Chirp; Dispersion; Frequency; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Shape control; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386313

Filename

4386313