Period doubling and quasi-periodicity in additive-pulse mode-locked lasers
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 20 (17) , 1794-1796
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.20.001794
Abstract
We have observed period doubling and quasi-periodicity in an additive-pulse mode-locked F-center laser. Experiments show that period doubling is often present even though standard diagnostics such as pulse autocorrelations and spectra give no indication of it. Numerical simulations show that the period doubling is associated with strong pulse reshaping.Keywords
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