Geometrical description of the onset of multipulsing in mode-locked laser cavities

Feng Li; Ping Kong Alexander Wai; J. Nathan Kutz

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.27.002068

Geometrical description of the onset of multipulsing in mode-locked laser cavities

Feng Li, Ping Kong Alexander Wai, J. Nathan Kutz

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

A simple iterative model is introduced quantifying the interaction of saturable gain and nonlinear loss in a mode-locked laser cavity. The resulting geometrical description of the laser dynamics completely characterizes the generic multi-pulsing instability observed in experiments. The model further shows that the onset of multipulsing can be preceded by periodic and chaotic transitions as recently confirmed in theory and experiment. The results suggest ways to engineer the nonlinear losses in the cavity in order to achieve an enhanced performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2068-2077
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume	27
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.27.002068
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2010

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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