• DocumentCode
    2105338
  • Title

    Femtosecond comb linewidths due to pulse dynamics in mode-locked laser

  • Author

    Cundiff, S.T. ; Wahlstrand, J.K. ; Willits, J. ; Schibli, T.R. ; Menyuk, C.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    719
  • Lastpage
    720
  • Abstract
    Measurements of the pulse dynamics in a mode-locked laser show that gain dynamics must be included. The dynamical response of the timing and phase are measured using femtosecond comb techniques, allowing prediction of the width of the comb lines due to noise.
  • Keywords
    dynamic response; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; femtosecond comb linewidths; gain dynamics; mode-locked laser; pulse dynamics; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0925-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382609
  • Filename
    4382609