Self-focusing-induced saturable loss for laser mode locking

David Huang; Morrison Ulman; Lucio H. Acioli; Hermann A. Haus; James G. Fujimoto

doi:10.1364/OL.17.000511

Self-focusing-induced saturable loss for laser mode locking

David Huang, Morrison Ulman, Lucio H. Acioli, Hermann A. Haus, James G. Fujimoto

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Self-focusing has recently been used for fast saturable absorber mode locking and femtosecond pulse generation in Ti:Al₂O₃ lasers. We describe the operation, design, and optimization of self-focusing loss modulators for mode locking. A new formalism is developed that simplifies the treatment of self-focusing in thick nonlinear media by using a simple transform of the complex Gaussian beam parameter. Theoretical predictions are confirmed by experimental measurements.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	511-513
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	17
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.17.000511
State	Published - Apr 1992
Externally published	Yes

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