PhysicsEngineering

Mode-locking of lasers

H. Haus

2000.11.1IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

DOI: 10.1109/2944.902165

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Mode-locking of lasers is reviewed and some salient experiments are discussed.

Abstract

The evolution of the theory of mode-locking over the last three and a half decades is reviewed and some of the salient experiments are discussed in the context of the theory. The paper ends with two-cycle pulses of a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser.

Citation format

HAUS, H. Mode-locking of lasers. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 2000, 6: 1173–1185.