Abstract
This paper describes the design and operating characteristics of a femtosecond pulse ring dye laser that employs the combined effects of self phase modulation, group velocity dispersion, saturable absorption, and saturable gain to generate pulses as short as 27 fs.
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Saturable absorptionFemtosecondMaterials scienceDispersion (optics)Self-phase modulationLaserOpticsAbsorption (acoustics)Femtosecond pulse shapingPulse (music)Ultrafast laser spectroscopyGroup velocityModulation (music)Mode-lockingOptoelectronicsFiber laserNonlinear opticsPhysics
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- 1986
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 112-118
- Citations
- 226
- Access
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J. A. Valdmanis,
R. L. Fork
(1986).
Design considerations for a femtosecond pulse laser balancing self phase modulation, group velocity dispersion, saturable absorption, and saturable gain.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
, 22
(1)
, 112-118.
https://doi.org/10.1109/jqe.1986.1072854
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- DOI
- 10.1109/jqe.1986.1072854