Bistability in Kerr lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire lasers
Date
2001
Authors
Marconi, Mario Carlo, author
Libertun, Ariel, author
Hnilo, Alejandro A., author
Kovalsky, Marcelo G., author
Elsevier Science B. V., publisher
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Abstract
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.
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bifurcations and chaos
nonlinear dynamics
self-mode-locked lasers
ti:sapphire lasers
Kerr lens mode locking