DocumentCode
1102540
Title
The role of cavity dispersion in CW mode-locked dye lasers
Author
De Silvestri, Sandro ; Laporta, Paolo ; Svelto, Orazio
Author_Institution
Polytechnic Institute of Physics, Milano, Italy
Volume
20
Issue
5
fYear
1984
fDate
5/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
533
Lastpage
539
Abstract
The contribution to dispersion of a few components of a mode-locked dye laser cavity has been evaluated. The chirp produced by the self-phase modulation within the saturable absorber has also been evaluated and compared with that resulting from the dispersive components. Cavity mirrors and blocks of transparent materials (glass or quartz) of a length exceeding 1 mm give the largest dispersion. The effect of self-phase modulation, at least for high saturation of the absorber, seems to play a comparable role. The dispersive contributions should influence the mode-locking behavior for pulses of about 100 fs or shorter.
Keywords
Dye lasers; Laser resonators; Mode locked lasers; Optical propagation in dispersive media; Chirp modulation; Dispersion; Frequency; Glass; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Ring lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1984.1072432
Filename
1072432
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