• DocumentCode
    444415
  • Title

    Destabilization by noise of passive mode locking with general dispersion and Kerr nonlinearity

  • Author

    Katz, Michael ; Gordon, Ariel ; Gat, Omri ; Fischer, Baruch

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1224
  • Abstract
    We study passive mode-locking in the general case of arbitrary dispersion and Kerr nonlinearity and the presence of noise. We present an analytical derivation and expressions for the threshold power required to maintain mode-locked pulses.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; laser noise; laser stability; optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; Kerr nonlinearity; analytical derivation; arbitrary dispersion; destabilization; noise; passive mode locking; threshold power; Gaussian noise; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Nonlinear equations; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Solitons; Steady-state;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549086
  • Filename
    1549086