Self-Similar Evolution of Parabolic Pulses in a Laser
Optics
2009-11-10 v2
Abstract
Self-similar propagation of ultrashort, parabolic pulses in a laser resonator is observed theoretically and experimentally. This constitutes a new type of pulse-shaping in modelocked lasers: in contrast to the well-known static (soliton-like) and breathing (dispersion-managed soliton) pulse evolutions, asymptotic solutions to the nonlinear wave equation that governs pulse propagation in most of the laser cavity are observed. Stable self-similar pulses exist with energies much greater than can be tolerated in soliton-like pulse shaping, and this will have implications for practical lasers.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0402013,
title = {Self-Similar Evolution of Parabolic Pulses in a Laser},
author = {F. O. Ilday and J. R. Buckley and F. W. Wise and W. G. Clark},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0402013},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett