STABILITY OF LASERS MODE-LOCKED BY 2 SATURABLE ABSORBERS

被引:22
作者
CHEN, JC [1 ]
HAUS, HA [1 ]
IPPEN, EP [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT,ELECTR LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1109/3.214510
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
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.
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页码:1228 / 1232
页数:5
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