Self-similar evolution of parabolic pulses in a laser.
By F. Ilday, J. Buckley, W. Clark, F. Wise. Physical Review Letters, 2004
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Self-similar propagation of ultrashort, parabolic pulses in a laser resonator is observed theoretically and experimentally. This constitutes a new type of pulse shaping in mode-locked lasers: in contrast to the well-known static (solitonlike) and breathing (dispersion-managed soliton) pulse evolutions, asymptotic solutions to the nonlinear wave equation that governs pulse propagation in most of the laser cavity are observed. Stable self-similar pulses exist with energies much greater than can be tolerated in solitonlike pulse shaping, and this has implications for practical lasers.
Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
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