Time-domain ABCD matrix formalism for laser mode-locking and optical pulse transmission

Author

Nakazawa, Masataka ; Kubota, Hirokazu ; Sahara, Akio ; Tamura, Kohichi

Author_Institution

NTT Opt. Network Syst. Labs., Yokosuka, Japan

Volume

34

Issue

7

fYear

1998

fDate

7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1075

Lastpage

1081

Abstract

ABCD matrix formalism in the time domain has been newly developed on the basis of laser beam and resonator analyses which were developed under a Gaussian paraxial approximation. We derive matrix elements for amplitude and frequency modulations, group velocity dispersion, optical bandpass filter dispersion, and lumped self-phase modulation under a parabolic approximation. Applications to AM, FM, and stretched-pulse laser mode-locking are described by using these time-domain matrices. An application to pulse transmission in a dispersion-allocated system is also described

Keywords

amplitude modulation; approximation theory; frequency modulation; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser theory; matrix algebra; optical dispersion; optical modulation; Gaussian paraxial approximation; amplitude modulation; dispersion-allocated system; frequency modulation; group velocity dispersion; laser beam; laser mode-locking; laser resonator analyses; lumped self-phase modulation; matrix elements; optical bandpass filter dispersion; optical pulse transmission; parabolic approximation; pulse transmission; stretched-pulse laser mode-locking; time-domain ABCD matrix formalism; time-domain matrices; Amplitude modulation; Band pass filters; Frequency modulation; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.687847

Filename

687847