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This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant ECS-8511593 and by Tektronix, Inc.
Published In
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-1989
Subjects
Xenon lasers -- Pulse-duration modulation
Abstract
Spontaneous mode locking in Fabry—Perot xenon lasers has been experimentally investigated for cavity lengths up to 66 m. Our results show dependence of the number of pulses per round-trip time on the cavity length and the excitation current. Other dynamical effects such as the ringing and modulation of the mode-locked pulses have been observed. A semiclassical model for the self-locking of an inhomogeneously broadened laser is also presented. Numerical results based on this model describe many dynamical features observed in our experiments.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/8179
Citation Details
Manuela Fe H. Tarroja, Mohammad Sharafi, and Lee W. Casperson, "Spontaneous mode locking in long-cavity xenon lasers," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 6, 1564-1573 (1989).
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