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Using an asymptotic technique we develop a generalized version of class-B Haus partial differential equation mode-locking model that accounts for both the slow gain response to the averaged value of the field intensity and the fast gain…
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Weak interaction of temporal cavity solitons due to gain saturation and recovery in a delay differential model of a long cavity semiconductor laser is studied numerically and analytically using an asymptotic approach. It is shown that in…