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5: Active Mode Locking

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For simplicity, we assume, that the laser operates in the transverse fundamental modes and, therefore, we only have to treat the longitudinal modes of the laser similar to a simple plane parallel Fabry-Perot resonator (Figure: 5.1). We consider one polarization of the field only, however, as we will say later for some mode-locked laser polarization dynamics will become important.

The task of mode-locking is to get as many of the longitudinal modes lasing in a phase synchronous fashion, such that the superposition of all modes represents a pulse with a spatial extent much shorter than the cavity. The pulse will then propagate at the group velocity corresponding to the center frequency of the pulse.

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Figure 5.1: Fabry-Perot resonator


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