Mode-locking of lasers

被引:1010
作者
Haus, HA [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] MIT, Elect Res Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
关键词
mode-locked lasers; optical pulses; pulsed lasers; pulse generation; ultrafast optics;
D O I
10.1109/2944.902165
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The evolution of the theory of mode-locking over the last three and a half decades is reviewed and some of the salient experiments are discussed in the context of the theory, The paper ends with two-cycle pulses of a mode-locked Ti:Sapphire laser.
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页码:1173 / 1185
页数:13
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