Self-starting stable coherent mode-locking in a two-section laser

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  • R. M. Arkhipov
  • M. V. Arkhipov
  • I. Babushkin

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  • Staatliche Universität Sankt Petersburg
  • Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (MBI)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)73-78
Seitenumfang6
FachzeitschriftOptics communications
Jahrgang361
Frühes Online-Datum17 Nov. 2015
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 15 Feb. 2016

Abstract

Coherent mode-locking (CML) uses self-induced transparency (SIT) soliton formation to achieve, in contrast to conventional schemes based on absorption saturation, the pulse durations below the limit allowed by the gain line width. Despite the great promise it is difficult to realize it experimentally because a complicated setup is required. In all previous theoretical considerations CML is believed to be non-self-starting. In this paper we show that if the cavity length is selected properly, a very stable (CML) regime can be realized in an elementary two-section ring-cavity geometry, and this regime is self-developing from the non-lasing state. The stability of the pulsed regime is the result of a dynamical stabilization mechanism arising due to finite-cavity-size effects.

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Self-starting stable coherent mode-locking in a two-section laser. / Arkhipov, R. M.; Arkhipov, M. V.; Babushkin, I.
in: Optics communications, Jahrgang 361, 15.02.2016, S. 73-78.

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Arkhipov RM, Arkhipov MV, Babushkin I. Self-starting stable coherent mode-locking in a two-section laser. Optics communications. 2016 Feb 15;361:73-78. Epub 2015 Nov 17. doi: 10.1016/j.optcom.2015.10.030
Arkhipov, R. M. ; Arkhipov, M. V. ; Babushkin, I. / Self-starting stable coherent mode-locking in a two-section laser. in: Optics communications. 2016 ; Jahrgang 361. S. 73-78.
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