Saturable Optical Resonator
- 1 April 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 43 (4) , 1673-1681
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1661379
Abstract
The nonlinear characteristics of saturable optical resonators (resonators containing saturable absorbers) are derived from a two‐level model of the absorber. Steady‐state and transient responses are given. The influence of incomplete bleaching of the absorber and of detuning of the resonator is discussed. Experiments are performed with a ruby and a neodymium laser as light source and solutions of organic dyes as saturable absorbers. The experimental results can be described by the theory.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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