Additive-pulse limiting.
When lasers with a long gain-relaxation time are actively mode locked at a harmonic of the round-trip frequency, the energy fluctuates from pulse to pulse unless stabilized. We report a new principle for pulse energy stabilization in harmonically mode-locked lasers.
Doerr
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Haus
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Ippen
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Shirasaki
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Tamura
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