title: Fourier synthesis with single-mode pulses from a multimode laser.
abstract: Short pulses are generated by mode-locking techniques: amplitude modulation in time domain or frequency modulation in frequency domain. Direct Fourier synthesis of radiation from several single-frequency sources offers an opportunity to generate arbitrary waveforms. Here we report on a new technique of short-pulse synthesis in the Fourier domain. Instead of independent laser sources, we use a single multimode laser with retrieval of its individual cavity modes into a time sequence coherently combined in an external cavity. Combination of 20 consequent single-mode pulses has been performed, demonstrating a new way for arbitrary waveforms synthesis.
authors.forename: Ivan A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Lobach
authors.forename: Sergey I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kablukov
authors.forename: Evgeniy V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Podivilov
authors.forename: Andrei A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Fotiadi
authors.forename: Sergey A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Babin