Title :
Scaling Features in Passively Mode-Locked Inhomogeneously Broadened Lasers
Author :
Yan, Li ; Han, Song
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore
Abstract :
Passive mode-locking of inhomogeneously broadened lasers is studied in three regimes: pure SAM, soliton mode-locking, and with SPM and positive GDD. Scaling features of mode- locking characteristics with the gain linewidth, dispersion, and nonlinearities are presented.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical solitons; gain linewidth; passively mode-locked inhomogeneously broadened lasers; pure SAM soliton mode-locking; Bandwidth; Computer science; Filtering; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Scanning probe microscopy; Solitons; Stability; Stimulated emission;
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.2007.4453313
