Intracavity self-phase modulation and pulse compression in mode-locked lasers |
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| Authors: | D von der Linde A M Malvezzi |
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| Institution: | (1) Fachbereich Physik, Universität-GHS-Essen, D-4300 Essen 1, Fed. Rep. Germany;(2) Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 02138 Cambridge, MA, USA |
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| Abstract: | We show that in the presence of a bandwidth-limiting component intracavity selfphase modulation in high power mode-locked and Q-switched lasers is accompanied by interesting pulse-shaping phenomena. If the phase modulation is properly controlled the pulse duration can approach the limit given by the frequency bandwidth of the laser. For example, for a Nd: YAG laser our calculations predict an intracavity pulse compression by approximately a factor of ten over the typical pulse duration of conventional mode-locking. |
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| Keywords: | 42 55 42 80 |
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