Variational method for mode-locked lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1193-1202

  Bale, Brandon G ^a   Kutz, J Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCKS (FASTENERS); MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

LASER PERFORMANCE; MODE LOCKING PROCESS; MODE-LOCKED LASER; MODE-LOCKING BEHAVIOR; REDUCED EQUATIONS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL MODELING; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 51849162006     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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