Theory of high-power mode-locked lasers with a slow absorber

Smetanin, IV and Vasil'ev, PP (2010) Theory of high-power mode-locked lasers with a slow absorber. Journal of Russian Laser Research, 31. pp. 614-622. ISSN 1071-2836

Abstract

We develop an analytical theory of high-power passively mode-locked lasers with a slow absorber; the theory is valid at pulse energies well exceeding the saturation energy. We analyze the Haus modelocking master equation in the pulse-energy-domain representation, approximating the intensity profile function by a series in the vicinity of its peak value. We consider the high-power operation regime of subpicosecond blue-violet GaN mode-locked diode lasers, using the approach developed. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.