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Paper
Mode-locked laser pulse shapes
Abstract
The pulse shape of a mode-locked continuously pumped Nd laser has been studied using an optical correlation technique. The shape is found to be Gaussian under stable conditions with the phase-modulator frequency tuned to the cavity-mode difference frequency. This result is consistent with the theory of mode locking in lasers with homogeneous broadening. © 1970 The American Institute of Physics.