Abstract

We employ our extended spatial–temporal matrices to analyze the Ti: sapphire self-mode-locked laser. Our results agree with previously reported experimental work and give us a deeper understanding of the way this laser functions. We found the pulse-shaping mechanism to be essentially solitonlike; the role of the aperture is to discriminate against cw operation. We also study the buildup of the pulse starting from a fluctuation.

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Differential gain and buildup dynamics of self-starting Kerr lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser without an internal aperture

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Self-mode-locking Ti:sapphire laser description with an iterative map

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Completely self-starting picosecond and femtosecond Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser

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Pulse shortening and spectral broadening by periodic pulse-train amplitude modulation in a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser

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Interpulse period doubling in a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser

Hsiao-Hua Wu
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