Title :
Design considerations for a femtosecond pulse laser balancing self phase modulation, group velocity dispersion, saturable absorption, and saturable gain
Author :
Valdmanis, Janis A. ; Fork, R.L.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Lab., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
fDate :
1/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes the design and operating characteristics of a femtosecond pulse ring dye laser that employs the combined effects of self phase modulation, group velocity dispersion, saturable absorption, and saturable gain to generate pulses as short as 27 fs.
Keywords :
Dye lasers; Phase modulation; Pulsed lasers; Ring lasers; Ultrafast optics; Absorption; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical design; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse modulation; Ring lasers; Scanning probe microscopy;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1986.1072854
