Generalized master equation for high-energy passive mode-locking: The sinusoidal Ginzburg-Landau equation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 705-714

  Ding, Edwin ^a   Shlizerman, Eli ^a   Kutz, J Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ginzburg Landau equation; master mode locking equation; mode locked lasers; saturable absorption; solitons

Indexed keywords

CAVITY DYNAMICS; GENERALIZED MASTER EQUATIONS; GINZBURG-LANDAU EQUATIONS; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH ENERGY PULSE; LASER CAVITY; LASER PERFORMANCE; MODE-LOCKED LASERS; MODE-LOCKING BEHAVIOR; MODELOCKING; NORMAL DISPERSION; NUMERICAL COMPARISON; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PERIODIC TRANSMISSION; PULSE EVOLUTION; RING CAVITIES; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; WAVEPLATES;

ABSORPTION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LASER THEORY; LASERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SOLITONS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 79954432639     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2011.2112337     Document Type: Article

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