Spatiotemporal Gaussian pulse dynamics in Kerr-lens mode-locked lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1356-1368

  Jirauschek, Christian ^a   Kärtner, Franz X ^a   Morgner, Uwe ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; SELF PHASE MODULATION;

SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 0037901710     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001356     Document Type: Article

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