Abstract
A novel concept is presented for the pulse generation in the linear regime of an actively loss modulated laser. Introducing collective laser modes, the frequency detuning of the modulator and the statistical initial situation of the laser starting from spontaneous emission become tractable. Formation of a mode-locked pulse is described by the selection of collective modes. Perfect mode locking corresponds to the survival of a single mode in the build-up process. A variety of laser properties is derived from the solution and compared with experiment. The model predicts imperfect mode locking (with a finite number of collective modes) in the transient case in agreement with experimental findings.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 133-139 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Applied Physics B Photophysics and Laser Chemistry |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1986 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
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