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A theoretical treatment of the influence of a saturable absorber in close contact with a highly reflecting mirror on a light pulse is given. The shaping of a Gaussian pulse during a single passage through such an absorber is calculated for various absorber lengths. The influence of absorber position and length on the pulse parameters and the stability of a continuously pumped dye laser are investigated. The shortest pulses and the most favourable operation conditions of the laser are to be expected in the case of a short contacted saturable absorber.
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Herrmann, J., Weidner, F. & Wilhelmi, B. Theory of passive mode-locking of CW dye lasers with contacted and non-contacted absorbers. Appl. Phys. B 26, 197–202 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00692447
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