Obtaining single-cycle pulses from a mode-locked laser
Year: 2011
Authors: Kozlov V.V., Rosanov N.N., Wabnitz S.
Autors Affiliation: Department of Information Engineering, Universitaá di Brescia, Via Branze 38, I-25123 Brescia, Italy; Physics Department, St. Petersburg State University, Petrodvoretz, St. Petersburg 198504, Russian Federation; Institute of Laser Physics, Vavilov State Optical Institute, Birzhevaya liniya, 12, St. Petersburg 199034, Russian Federation; St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg 197101, Russian Federation
Abstract: In all existing mode-locked lasers, the ultimate limit on the output pulse duration is set by the bandwidth of the gain medium. Yet the technique of coherent mode locking allows one to generate broadband pulses from a laser with a linearly narrowband active medium by exploiting the coherent properties of the amplifier. In this work we numerically demonstrate how to use this technique for the generation of single-cycle pulses directly from a mode-locked oscillator.
Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume: 84 (5) Pages from: 053810 to: 053810
More Information: This work was carried out with support from the Cariplo Foundation Grant No. 2009-2730. N.N.R. acknowledges the Cariplo Foundation grant of the Landau Network, Centro Volta, for the support of his work at the Universita degli Studi di Brescia, as well as Grant No. 2.1.1/9824 of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science and Grant No. 11-02-12250-ofi-m of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.KeyWords: Active medium; Broadband pulse; Coherent modes; Coherent properties; Gain medium; Mode-locked laser; Mode-locked oscillators; Narrow bands; Output pulse; Single-cycle pulse, Broadband amplifiers; Laser mode locking; Mode-locked fiber lasers, Pulse generatorsDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.84.053810ImpactFactor: 2.878Citations: 49data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-11-24References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)
