• DocumentCode
    448982
  • Title

    Thermodynamic-like nature of mode-locking and pulse formation

  • Author

    Gordon, Ariel ; Weill, Rafi ; Vodonos, Boris ; Rosen, Amir ; Katz, Michael ; Gat, Omri ; Fischer, Baruch

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Abstract
    Pulse formation in mode-locked lasers is shown to follow a rich thermodynamic-like behavior with phase transitions, mode to pulse condensation and critical phenomena, explaining and predicting basic and practical features, like the threshold pulsation dependence on power and noise.
  • Keywords
    critical phenomena; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser theory; optical pulse generation; phase transformations; critical phenomena; mode-locked lasers; mode-locking; phase transitions; pulse condensation; pulse formation; thermodynamic-like behavior; threshold pulsation dependence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    IET
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-543-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1576173