Open AccessMode-locked X-wave lasers
Author(s) -
J. Nathan Kutz,
Claudio Conti,
Stefano Trillo
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.15.016022
Subject(s) - optics , laser , mode locking , dispersion (optics) , diffraction , physics , mode (computer interface) , attractor , nonlinear system , computer science , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , operating system
We theoretically demonstrate X-waves as global attractors that enable mode-locking of a laser cavity operating in the normal dispersion regime. This result is based upon a fully comprehensive physical model of the laser cavity, where the nonlinear discrete diffraction dynamics of a waveguide array mediates the spontaneous periodic generation of spatio-temporal X-waves.