Title :
Computational methods for determining the stability of pulses in passively modelocked laser systems
Author :
Shaokang Wang ; Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We develop robust computational methods that can rapidly determine the existence and stability of pulses in passively modelocked laser systems over a broad parameter range. We apply these methods to laser systems with several different models of fast saturable absorption.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser stability; laser theory; optical saturable absorption; fast saturable absorption; passively mode locked laser systems; pulse stability; robust computational methods; Absorption; Equations; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser theory; Mathematical model; Stability analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656602
