DocumentCode
2880393
Title
Theory of the self-similar laser oscillator
Author
Jirauschek, C. ; Ilday, F. Ö
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Similariton laser oscillators support much higher pulse energies. Despite experimental and numerical studies, there is no analytic theory to date. We present a semi-analytic theory based on the variational approach and a novel trial function.
Keywords
fractals; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; variational techniques; laser cavity; pulse energies; self-similar laser oscillator; semianalytic theory; similariton laser oscillators; variational approach; Fiber lasers; Laser theory; Nonlinear equations; Optical fiber theory; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Solitons; (060.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (060.7140) Ultrafast processes in fibers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628785
Filename
4628785
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