Bistability in Kerr lens mode-locked Ti : sapphire lasers

Authors
Kovalsky, MG Hnilo, AA Libertun, A Marconi, MC
Citation
Mg. Kovalsky et al., Bistability in Kerr lens mode-locked Ti : sapphire lasers, OPT COMMUN, 192(3-6), 2001, pp. 333-338
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
192
Issue
3-6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
333 - 338
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(20010601)192:3-6<333:BIKLMT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Femtosecond pulse Ti:sapphire lasers can operate in different ways for the same values of the control parameters. This phenomenon of multistability is explained in a simple way by a theoretical approach using iterative or Poi ncare maps. We present experimental confirmation of the predictions of the approach regarding the slope (of pulse duration vs. group velocity dispersi on) and regions of stability of two different regimes of mode locking, i.e. transform-limited and chirped output pulses. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V . All rights reserved.