Dispersion-managed mode-locking dynamics in a Ti : sapphire laser

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2006

Authors

Marco V Tognetti (Author) Other; Miguel N Miranda (Author) Other; Helder M Crespo (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Vol. 74

ISSN: 1050-2947

Publisher: American Physical Society

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 7 Citations

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-HQ9

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.74.033809

Abstract (EN): We present what is to our knowledge the most complete one-dimensional numerical analysis of the evolution and the propagation dynamics of an ultrashort laser pulse in a Ti:sapphire laser oscillator. This study confirms the dispersion managed model of mode locking, and emphasizes the role of the Kerr nonlinearity in generating mode-locked spectra with a smooth and well-behaved spectral phase. A very good agreement with experimental measurements of pulse energy, spectrum, and temporal width of extracavity compressed pulses is found.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5