PICOSECOND PULSE GENERATION IN THE THRESHOLDLESS OPTICAL MICROLASER

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MATALONI, P
AIELLO, A
MURRA, D
DEMARTINI, F
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[1] Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma la Sapienza, 00185 Roma
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10.1063/1.112880
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Picosecond optical pulses have been generated in different kinds of thresholdless dye microlaser operating in high-Q plane microcavities at high pumping rate. the temporal behavior of the system is studied by means of a simple rate equation analysis. It is shown that the buildup time of the output pulse is independent of the cavity finesse. The experiment has been performed by means of a temporally resolved up-conversion technique. A buildup time of the pulse of 3 ps, together with a rise time of 1.5 ps have been measured. These results correspond to a predictable response frequency of 300 GHz. (C) 1994 American Institute of Physics.
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