3RD-ORDER DISPERSION AS A LIMITING FACTOR TO MODE-LOCKING IN FEMTOSECOND SOLITARY LASERS

Authors
BRABEC T KELLY SMJ
Citation
T. Brabec et Smj. Kelly, 3RD-ORDER DISPERSION AS A LIMITING FACTOR TO MODE-LOCKING IN FEMTOSECOND SOLITARY LASERS, Optics letters, 18(23), 1993, pp. 2002-2004
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
18
Issue
23
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2002 - 2004
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1993)18:23<2002:3DAALF>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Third-order dispersion in femtosecond solid-state lasers can induce a resonant transfer of energy from the mode-locked pulse into a dispersi ve background. The presence of intensity-dependent self-amplitude modu lation can compensate for this loss. A condition for energy balance be tween these two effects is evaluated and related to the stability of f emtosecond pulse generation.