Q-switching stability limits of continuous-wave passive mode locking

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-56

  Honninger C ^a   Paschotta, R ^a   Morier Genoud, F ^a   Moser, M ^a   Keller, U ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND SOLITON MODE LOCKED LASERS; GAIN FILTERING; PICOSECOND DOMAIN LASERS; Q SWITCHED MODE LOCKING; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS;

LASER PULSES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OSCILLATIONS; Q SWITCHING; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SOLID STATE LASERS; SOLITONS; STABILITY;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 0033248047     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000046     Document Type: Article

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