Bistability in Kerr lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire lasers

Femtosecond pulse Ti:sapphire lasers can operate in different ways for the same values of the control parameters. This phenomenon of multistability is explained in a simple way by a theoretical approach using iterative or Poincaré maps. We present experimental confirmation of the predictions of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Kovalsky, Marcelo Gregorio, Hnilo, Alejandro Andrés, Libertun, Ariel, Marconi, Mario Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/82178
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/82178
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bifurcations And Chaos
Kerr Lens Mode Locking
Nonlinear Dynamics
Self-Mode-Locked Lasers
Ti:Sapphire Lasers
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
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Sumario:Femtosecond pulse Ti:sapphire lasers can operate in different ways for the same values of the control parameters. This phenomenon of multistability is explained in a simple way by a theoretical approach using iterative or Poincaré maps. We present experimental confirmation of the predictions of the approach regarding the slope (of pulse duration vs. group velocity dispersion) and regions of stability of two different regimes of mode locking, i.e. transform-limited and chirped output pulses.