DYNAMIC INSTABILITIES IN AN ADDITIVE-PULSE MODE-LOCKED ND-YAG LASER

Authors
MORGNER U ROLEFS L MITSCHKE F
Citation
U. Morgner et al., DYNAMIC INSTABILITIES IN AN ADDITIVE-PULSE MODE-LOCKED ND-YAG LASER, Optics letters, 21(16), 1996, pp. 1265-1267
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
21
Issue
16
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1265 - 1267
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1996)21:16<1265:DIIAAM>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
An additive-pulse mode-locked Nd:YAG laser is studied experimentally a nd numerically. We observe dynamic instabilities such as period doubli ng, quasi-periodicity, and high-dimensional chaos. Dependence on contr ol parameters such as peak nonlinear phase shift and cavity-length mis match are discussed. We provide evidence for instabilities in the temp oral profiles of the individual pulses. (C) 1996 Optical Society of Am erica