TABLE OF CONTENTS U. Siegner and U. Keller
Institute of Quantum Electronics
Physics Department
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Z rich, Switzerland
| A A | laser beam cross section on the absorber | |
| A L | laser beam cross section in the laser gain material. If the cavity mode is not constant inside the gain medium, this area corresponds to an effective averaged value. | |
| c | light velocity in vacuum | |
| D 2 | total group delay dispersion inside the laser cavity per cavity round-trip (i.e., second-order dispersion) | |
| d | sample thickness | |
| DR | differential reflectivity | |
| DT | differential transmission | |
| E p | intracavity pulse energy | |
| E sat, A | saturation energy of the saturable absorber | |
| E sat, L | saturation energy of laser material | |
| F p, A | pulse fluence on the absorber |
| F sat, A | saturation fluence of the absorber | |
| F sat, L | saturation fluence of laser material The factor of 2 is used in case of a linear resonator with a standing wave. | |
| g | saturated amplitude gain cross section | |
| g 0 | small signal amplitude gain coefficient | |
| I( t) | time-dependent intensity | |
| I A( t) | time-dependent intensity on absorber | |
| I L( t) | time-dependent intensity inside the laser gain material | |
| I sat, A | saturation intensity of the absorber | |
| I sat, L | saturation intensity of laser material | |
| k | wave number in vacuum k = ?/ c = 2 ?/ ? | |
| k n | wave number in... |
