Title :
Pulse-Quasi-Crystal Formation in Mode-Locked Lasers
Author :
Rosen, Amir ; Weill, Rafi ; Bekker, Alexander ; Smulakovsky, Vladimir ; Berger, Naum K. ; Gat, Omri ; Fischer, Baruch
Author_Institution :
Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
Many-pulse formation in passively mode-locked fiber lasers is shown to exhibit self pulse crystallization phenomena. We present experimental demonstrations and theoretical thermodynamic-like modeling.
Keywords :
crystallisation; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical materials; many-pulse formation; passive mode-locked fiber lasers; pulse-quasicrystal formation; self-pulse crystallization phenomena; thermodynamic-like modeling; Crystallization; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Superluminescent diodes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452933