Dispersion managed mode-locking dynamics in a Ti:Sapphire laser
arXiv:physics/0511110 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.74.033809
Abstract
We present what is to our knowledge the most complete 1-D numerical analysis of the evolution and the propagation dynamics of an ultrashort laser pulse in a Ti:Sapphire laser oscillator. This study confirms the dispersion managed model of mode-locking, and emphasizes the role of the Kerr nonlinearity in generating mode-locked spectra with a smooth and well-behaved spectral phase. A very good agreement with preliminary experimental measurements is found.
11 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Optics Letters