• DocumentCode
    499434
  • Title

    Condensation of light in actively mode-locked l1asers

  • Author

    Weill, Rafi ; Gat, Omri ; Fischer, Baruch

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a new approach to active mode-locking (AML) that predicts, under certain conditions, pulse ldquocondensationrdquo, analogous to BEC. In the condensate state, the first AML eigenmode is dominant over all other modes.
  • Keywords
    Bose-Einstein condensation; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser noise; optical pulse generation; statistical mechanics; active mode-locking; eigenmode; light condensation; pulse condensation; Additive noise; Amplitude modulation; Convergence; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Filtering; Integral equations; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Physics; Pulse modulation; (000.6590) Statistical mechanics; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5224519