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We analyse pulse formation in solid-state lasers mode-locked with a linear external cavity with translating mirror. Based on a numerical simulation the mode-locking mechanism is found to be that of an active mode-locking due to the explicitly time-dependent phase shift by the external cavity involving a slowly moving mirror and a non-zero temporal mismatch to the master cavity. Additional pulse shortening and stabilization is performed by the additive pulse mode-locking mechanism arising from self-phase modulation due to a Kerr-type non-resonant nonlinearity in the host crystal of the laser amplifier.
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Müller, M., Stamm, U. Numerical analysis of pulse formation in solid-state lasers mode-locked with a linear external cavity. Appl. Phys. B 54, 136–143 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331886
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