DocumentCode
1107323
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
Volume
22
Issue
1
fYear
1986
fDate
1/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
112
Lastpage
118
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1986.1072854
Filename
1072854
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