3RD-ORDER DISPERSION IN A PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED CONTINUOUS-WAVE DYE-LASER

被引:3
作者
TORIZUKA, K
YAMASHITA, M
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[1] Laser Section, Opto-Electronics Division, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305
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10.1364/JOSAB.8.002442
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The pulse duration t(p) of a colliding-pulse mode-locked dye laser is measured versus the intracavity third-order dispersion (TOD), where the group-velocity dispersion is optimized by a four-prism sequence. The intracavity TOD is varied by the addition of layers on quarter-wave dielectric-multilayer mirrors. The shortest pulse is observed at a nonzero TOD. The TOD dependence of t(p) is explained by a new model that describes the saturation of absorption and gain dyes in the frequency domain, with the assumption of a steady sech2-shaped pulse with weak chirp and a negligible fast self-phase modulation.
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