STRETCHED-PULSE ADDITIVE-PULSE MODE-LOCKING IN FIBER RING LASERS - THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

被引:319
作者
HAUS, HA [1 ]
TAMURA, K [1 ]
NELSON, LE [1 ]
IPPEN, EP [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT,ELECTR RES LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
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10.1109/3.364417
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Stretched-pulse additive pulse mode-locking uses segments of fiber of large positive and large negative group velocity dispersion (GVD) in the cavity, The changes in pulse width per pass due to the varying GVD can be an order of magnitude or more, A theory is developed based on the master equation that covers this case of large pulse changes in one transit, The general predictions of the theory are verified by experimental results.
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页数:8
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