title: Higher-order phase dispersion in femtosecond Kerr-lens mode-locked solid-state lasers: sideband generation and pulse splitting.
abstract: The influence of higher-order phase dispersion on the pulse generation in femtosecond Kerr-lens mode-locked lasers for small net group-velocity dispersion is numerically analyzed. Depending on the third- and the fourth-order dispersion, we obtain the formation of spectral sidebands phase matched with the principal spectrum. At a relatively large amount of fourth-order dispersion pulse splitting arises, which leads to a quasi-steady-state multipulse operation regime of the Kerr-lens mode-locked laser.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Kalosha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müller