DocumentCode
895414
Title
Stability of lasers mode locked by two saturable absorbers
Author
Chen, Jerry C. ; Haus, Hermann A. ; Ippen, Erich P.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Volume
29
Issue
4
fYear
1993
fDate
4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1228
Lastpage
1232
Abstract
An analytic model that takes into account dispersion, chirp, self-phase modulation, bandwidth limitation, frequency walkoff, and cavity length detuning is applied to lasers passively mode locked by two saturable absorbers-one fast and one slow. This general model predicts that the balance between slow gain and slow absorber affects pulse timing shifts and frequency changes. Such shifts limit the range of permitted intracavity dispersion
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; analytic model; bandwidth limitation; cavity length detuning; chirp; dispersion; frequency changes; frequency walkoff; intracavity dispersion; passively mode locked lasers; pulse timing shifts; saturable absorbers; self-phase modulation; slow absorber; slow gain; stability; Bandwidth; Chirp; Diode lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical pulses; Pulse shaping methods; Scanning probe microscopy; Timing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/3.214510
Filename
214510
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