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
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