ISSN:
1432-0649
Keywords:
42.55
;
42.60
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The circulation of an ultrashort light pulse in a continuously pumped modelocked dye laser with a linear cavity configuration containing the active dye, the saturable absorber and a bandwidth-limiting elements is treated. The steady-state condition that the pulse shape reproduces after each cavity round-trip leads to a nonlinear integro-differential equation for this pulse shape. An approximate method for the solution of this equation not limited to the case of low laser gain and small pulse energies is given. The stable single pulse region and characteristic pulse parameters, as energy, duration, intensity and asymmetry, are considered in dependence on the laser parameters.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00697557
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