Multiple pulse breakup in solitary laser systems

Author

Kartner, F.X. ; Aus der Au, J. ; Keller, U.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Quantum Electron., Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

335

Lastpage

336

Abstract

Summary form only given. We discuss the difference in the dynamics of solid-state lasers mode locked by fast or slow saturable absorbers with and without solitonlike pulse shaping, i.e., negative group delay dispersion (GDD) and self-phase modulation (SPM). We present simple relations that indicate when the single pulse per cavity round trip will break up into longer multiple pulses due to the solitonlike pulse shaping. The breakup criterion is confirmed experimentally with a soliton mode-locked Nd:glass laser.

Keywords

laser mode locking; neodymium; optical dispersion; optical pulse shaping; optical solitons; self-phase modulation; solid lasers; cavity round trip; fast saturable absorbers; longer multiple pulses; multiple pulse breakup; negative group delay dispersion; self-phase modulation; single pulse; slow saturable absorbers; solid-state laser dynamics; solitary laser systems; soliton mode-locked Nd:glass laser; solitonlike pulse shaping; Bandwidth; Chirp; Delay lines; Differential equations; Fiber gratings; Mirrors; Optical fiber theory; Optical pulses; Particle scattering; Reflectivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676258

Filename

676258