Time-gating processes in intra-cavity mode-locking devices like saturable absorbers and Kerr cells

Narasimha S. Prasad; Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri

doi:10.1117/12.846584

3 March 2010 Time-gating processes in intra-cavity mode-locking devices like saturable absorbers and Kerr cells

Narasimha S. Prasad, Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri

Proceedings Volume 7578, Solid State Lasers XIX: Technology and Devices; 75781C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.846584
Event: SPIE LASE, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Photons are non-interacting entities. Light beams do not interfere by themselves. Light beams constituting different laser modes (frequencies) are not capable of re-arranging their energies from extended timedomain to ultra-short time-domain by themselves without the aid of light-matter interactions with suitable intra-cavity devices. In this paper we will discuss the time-gating properties of intra-cavity "mode-locking" devices that actually help generate a regular train of high energy wave packets.

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Narasimha S. Prasad and Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri "Time-gating processes in intra-cavity mode-locking devices like saturable absorbers and Kerr cells", Proc. SPIE 7578, Solid State Lasers XIX: Technology and Devices, 75781C (3 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.846584

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