Abstract
The Kerr effect (self-focusing), which induces transverse mode modifications and power-dependent losses, has been recognized to play a dominant role in the self-mode-locking of femtosecond solid-state lasers. Numerical simulations, based on the diffraction theory, provide a description of the modes in resonators with Kerr media.1,2 However, a clear physical insight and simple guidelines for resonator design and optimization, which are obtainable by analytical treatment,3 are not yet well assessed.
© 1993 Optical Society of America
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