Rate-equation approach for frequency-modulation mode locking using the moment method

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2570-2580

  Usechak, Nicholas G ^a,b   Agrawal, Govind P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBERS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RELAXATION OSCILLATORS; STABILITY;

CAVITY PARAMETERS; INTRACAVITY DISPERSIVE; MULTIPLE STEADY-STATE SOLUTIONS; NONLINEAR EFFECTS; PULSE EVOLUTION; RATE-EQUATION APPROACH;

FREQUENCY MODULATION;

EID: 30844466823     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002570     Document Type: Article

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