Abstract

A simple derivation of the cavity dispersion equation for high-gain pulsed lasers, Δλ ≈ Δθ(∂θ/∂λ)⁻¹, is provided by using Dirac’s notation for probability amplitudes as applied to the analysis of dispersive cavities.

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