Pulse interaction via gain and loss dynamics in passive mode locking

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-104

  Nizette, Michel ^a   Rachinskii, Dmitrii ^b   Vladimirov, Andrei ^c   Wolfrum, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bifurcations; Lasers; Mode locking; Pulse interaction; Q switching

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); ENERGY DISSIPATION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LASERS; Q SWITCHING;

LOSS DYNAMICS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PULSE INTERACTION; SATURABLE ABSORBER;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 33747070832     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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