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Period doubling and quasi-periodicity in additive-pulse mode-locked lasers

  • G. Sucha
  • , S. R. Bolton
  • , S. Weiss
  • , D. S. Chemla
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1794-1796
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume20
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1995
Externally publishedYes

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