HARD-APERTURE KERR-LENS MODE-LOCKING

Authors
BRABEC T CURLEY PF SPIELMANN C WINTNER E SCHMIDT AJ
Citation
T. Brabec et al., HARD-APERTURE KERR-LENS MODE-LOCKING, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 10(6), 1993, pp. 1029-1034
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
10
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1029 - 1034
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1993)10:6<1029:HKM>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Self-focusing by a Kerr nonlinearity in combination with an intracavit y aperture creates a power-dependent loss in lasers, which has been us ed as a method for passive mode locking of lasers. An analytical treat ment is presented that yields closed-form expressions for the modulati on efficiency. Comparisons between analytical results and numerical ca lculations are performed. General features of this mode-locking techni que are discussed, and a procedure for the optimization of hard-apertu re Kerr-lens mode-locking performance is given.