• DocumentCode
    3026442
  • Title

    Gain Dynamics and Frequency Pulling in Mode-Locked Lasers

  • Author

    Menyuk, Curtis R. ; Wahlstrand, Jared K. ; Willits, John T. ; Smith, Ryan P. ; Schibli, Thomas R. ; Cundiff, Steven T.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Observations of the response of a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser to an abrupt change in pump power show that gain dynamics should be included in a complete theory of its response to perturbations.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; optical pumping; perturbation theory; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; frequency pulling; gain dynamics; mode-locked Ti-sapphire laser; perturbations; pump power; Atom lasers; Fluorescence; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453706
  • Filename
    4453706