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Optics for Engineers
book

Optics for Engineers

by Charles A. DiMarzio
August 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
564 pages
20h 45m
English
CRC Press
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312 OPTICS FOR ENGINEERS
contributions are never perfectly matched in phase. In this particular example, an incremental
time delay
t
f
=
dt
df
f ,
with
dt
df
=−(1/3) × 10
18
s/Hz, as might result from a modest amount of dispersive glass
in the path, is introduced. As can be seen in the gure, the amplitude is lower and the pulse
width is longer.
In Figure 10.1E and F, the laser is not mode-locked and the phase of each mode is chosen
randomly. The sum in Equation 10.17 becomes
E =
12
m=−12
E
m
=
12
m=−12
e
i
{
2π
[
f
center
+m×FSR
]
t+φ
m
}
. (10.18)
This situation is the normal one in multimode lasers, unless special efforts are made to lock
the modes. The resulting irradiance
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ISBN: 9781439807255