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The spectrum of a CW field whose phase experiences a periodic sawtooth modulation is analyzed. Two types of the sawtooth phase modulation are considered. One is created by combining many harmonics of the fundamental frequency. The second is…
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An all-optical pulse power editing (PPE) technique is reported. Using the PPE technique, pulses with different peak powers are output and directed to the positive or reverse saturable absorption (SA) range of the saturable absorber.…