title: Buildup of steady-state subpicosecond and femtosecond pulses in a colliding-pulse mode-locked ring dye laser.
abstract: We show for the first time, to our knowledge, that the buildup time to steady-state femtosecond pulses in a typical colliding-pulse mode-locked dye laser (lambda = 620 nm) with compensating prisms is 15 microsec after the pulses have been completely modulated. For a similar laser without the compensating prisms, the buildup time is 40 microsec and exhibits interesting oscillatory behavior in the initial stage.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Pan