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- ItemThe link between coherence echoes and mode locking(Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2019) Eydam, Sebastian; Wolfrum, MatthiasWe investigate the appearance of sharp pulses in the mean field of Kuramoto-type globally- coupled phase oscillator systems. In systems with exactly equidistant natural frequencies self- organized periodic pulsations of the mean field, called mode locking, have been described re- cently as a new collective dynamics below the synchronization threshold. We show here that mode locking can appear also for frequency combs with modes of finite width, where the natu- ral frequencies are randomly chosen from equidistant frequency intervals. In contrast to that, so called coherence echoes, which manifest themselves also as pulses in the mean field, have been found in systems with completely disordered natural frequencies as the result of two consecutive stimulations applied to the system. We show that such echo pulses can be explained by a stimula- tion induced mode locking of a subpopulation representing a frequency comb. Moreover, we find that the presence of a second harmonic in the interaction function, which can lead to the global stability of the mode-locking regime for equidistant natural frequencies, can enhance the echo phenomenon significantly. The non-monotonous behavior of echo amplitudes can be explained as a result of the linear dispersion within the self-organized mode-locked frequency comb. Fi- nally we investigate the effect of small periodic stimulations on oscillator systems with disordered natural frequencies and show how the global coupling can support the stimulated pulsation by increasing the width of locking plateaus.
- ItemSelf-starting stable coherent mode-locking in a two-section laser(Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2014) Arkhipov, Rostislav M.; Arkhipov, Mikhail V.; Babushkin, IharIn the present work we report the possibility of passive mode-locking based on the coherent interaction of light with the amplifying and absorbing media in lasers with ring and linear cavities. We consider the realistic and practically interesting case when the absorbing and amplifying media are separated in the cavity space but not homogeneously mixed in the volume of the cavity, as was considered earlier in the literature. We perform qualitative consideration of coherent passive mode-locking based on the area theorem of McCall and Hahn and its graphical representation for the first time. We show that other, not soliton scenarios of passive mode-locking exist, and that coherent mode-locking is self-starting (lasing without an injection seeding pulse is possible). We point to the fact that the spectral width of the laser generation can be significantly larger than the spectral bandwidth of the gain medium. Numerical simulations were performed using the system of Maxwell-Bloch equations in the slowly varying envelope approximation.
- ItemA model for mode-locking in quantum dot lasers(Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2006) Viktorov, Evgeny; Mandel, Paul; Vladimirov, Andrei; Bandelow, UweWe propose a model for passive mode-locking in quantum dot laser and report on specific dynamical properties of the regime which is characterized by a fast gain recovery. No Q-switching instability has been found accompanying the mode-locking. Bistability can occur between the mode-locking regime and zero intensity steady state.
- ItemDelayed feedback control of self-mobile cavity solitons in a wide-aperture laser with a saturable absorber(Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2017) Schemmelmann, Tobias; Tabbert, Felix; Pimenov, Alexander; Vladimirov, Andrei G.; Gurevich, Svetlana V.We investigate the spatiotemporal dynamics of cavity solitons in a broad area vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with saturable absorption subjected to time-delayed optical feedback. Using a combination of analytical, numerical and path continuation methods we analyze the bifurcation structure of stationary and moving cavity solitons and identify two different types of traveling localized solutions, corresponding to slow and fast motion. We show that the delay impacts both stationary and moving solutions either causing drifting and wiggling dynamics of initially stationary cavity solitons or leading to stabilization of intrinsically moving solutions. Finally, we demonstrate that the fast cavity solitons can be associated with a lateral mode-locking regime in a broad-area laser with a single longitudinal mode.
- ItemMode-locking in systems of globally coupled phase oscillators(Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2017) Eydam, Sebastian; Wolfrum, MatthiasWe investigate the dynamics of a Kuramoto-type system of globally coupled phase oscillators with equidistant natural frequencies and a coupling strength below the synchronization threshold. It turns out that in such cases one can observe a stable regime of sharp pulses in the mean field amplitude with a pulsation frequency given by spacing of the natural frequencies. This resembles a process known as mode-locking in lasers and relies on the emergence of a phase relation induced by the nonlinear coupling. We discuss the role of the first and second harmonic in the phase-interaction function for the stability of the pulsations and present various bifurcating dynamical regimes such as periodically and chaotically modulated mode-locking, transitions to phase turbulence and intermittency. Moreover, we study the role of the system size and show that in certain cases one can observe type-II supertransients, where the system reaches the globally stable mode-locking solution only after an exponentially long transient of phase turbulence.
- ItemNumerical cooling strategy design for hot rolled dual phase steel(Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2010) Suwanpinij, Piyada; Togobytska, Nataliya; Prahl, Ulrich; Weiss, Wolf; Hömberg, Dietmar; Bleck, WolfgangIn this article, the Mo-Mn dual phase steel and its process parameters in hot rolling are discussed. The process window was derived by combining the experimental work in a hot deformation dilatometer and numerical calculation of process parameters using rate law models for ferrite and martensite transformation. The ferrite formation model is based on the Leblond and Devaux approach while martensite formation is based on the Koistinen-Marburger (K-M) formula. The carbon enrichment during ferrite formation is taken into account for the following martensite formation. After the completion of the parameter identification for the rate law model, the evolution of phases in multiphase steel can be addressed. Particularly, the simulations allow for predicting the preferable degree of retained strain and holding temperature on the run out table (ROT) for the required ferrite fraction.
- ItemTraveling wave modeling, simulation and analysis of quantum-dot mode-locked semiconductor lasers(Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2010) Radziunas, Mindaugas; Vladimirov, A.G.; Viktorov, E.A.We analyze the dynamics of a mode-locked quantum-dot edge-emitting semiconductor laser consisting of reversely biased saturable absorber and forward biased amplifying sections. To describe spatial non-uniformity of laser parameters, optical fields and carrier distributions we use the traveling wave model, which takes into account carrier exchange processes between wetting layer and quantum dots. A comprehensive parameter study and an optical mode analysis of operation regimes are presented.
- ItemStrong asymmetry of mode-locking pulses in quantum-dot semiconductor lasers(Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2010) Radziunas, Mindaugas; Vladimirov, Andrei G.; Viktorov, Evgeny A.; Fiol, Gerrit; Schmeckebier, Holger; Birnmberg, DieterWe describe the formation of a strong pulse asymmetry in mode-locked quantum-dot edge-emitting two-section semiconductor lasers. A mode decomposition technique reveals the role of the superposition of different modal groups. The results of theoretical analysis are supported by experimental data.
- ItemBifurcations in a model of monolithic passively mode-locked semiconductior laser(Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2008) Vladimirov, Andrei; Pimenov, Alexander; Rachinskii, DmitriiBifurcation mechanisms of the development and break up of different operation regimes in a passively mode-locked monolithic semiconductor laser are studied by solving numerically partial differential equations for amplitudes of two counterpropagating waves and carrier densities in gain and absorber sections. It is shown that harmonic mode-locking regime with two pulses in the cavity can exhibit a period-doubling bifurcation leading to different amplitudes and separations of the pulses. The effect of linewidth enhancement factors in gain and absorber sections on the laser dynamics is discussed.
- ItemExperimental investigations on the suppression of Q-switching in monolithic 40 GHz mode-locked semiconductor lasers(Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2006) Hüttl, BerndInherent Q-switching as a source of intra-cavity pulse energy modulations, i.e. unwanted amplitude noise, is still a challenging task in order to fabricate monolithic mode-locked semiconductor lasers in view of different commercial applications. In this paper, the results of experimental investigations on the influence of the quantum well number on the occurrence and suppression of Q-switching in 40 GHz mode-locked multiple quantum well buried heterostructure lasers are presented. Improved mode-locked lasers emit short optical pulses (<=1.6 ps) with very low amplitude noise (1-2%) and timing jitter (50-100 fs).