Title :
Thermodynamic-like nature of mode-locking and pulse formation
Author :
Gordon, Ariel ; Weill, Rafi ; Vodonos, Boris ; Rosen, Amir ; Katz, Michael ; Gat, Omri ; Fischer, Baruch
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
Pulse formation in mode-locked lasers is shown to follow a rich thermodynamic-like behavior with phase transitions, mode to pulse condensation and critical phenomena, explaining and predicting basic and practical features, like the threshold pulsation dependence on power and noise.
Keywords :
critical phenomena; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser theory; optical pulse generation; phase transformations; critical phenomena; mode-locked lasers; mode-locking; phase transitions; pulse condensation; pulse formation; thermodynamic-like behavior; threshold pulsation dependence;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
