Buildup of steady-state subpicosecond and femtosecond pulses in a colliding-pulse mode-locked ring dye laser
Author(s) -
Jahn-Chung Kuo,
CiLing Pan
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.15.001297
Subject(s) - femtosecond , pulse (music) , laser , dye laser , optics , femtosecond pulse shaping , femtosecond pulse , ring laser , steady state (chemistry) , mode locking , materials science , multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan , ultrashort pulse , ultrafast laser spectroscopy , atomic physics , physics , chemistry , detector
We show for the first time, to our knowledge, that the buildup time to steady-state femtosecond pulses in a typical colliding-pulse mode-locked dye laser (lambda = 620 nm) with compensating prisms is 15 microsec after the pulses have been completely modulated. For a similar laser without the compensating prisms, the buildup time is 40 microsec and exhibits interesting oscillatory behavior in the initial stage.
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