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Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Casperson, Lee Wendel
URN	etd-03262004-143412
Persistent URL	http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03262004-143412
Title	Modes and spectra of high gain lasers
Degree	PhD
Option	Electrical Engineering
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Amnon Yariv Committee Chair
Keywords	none
Date of Defense	1971-01-01
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This research has dealt with various problems related to high gain lasers including: gain and dispersion focusing of the transverse modes, mode pulling and mode splitting of the longitudinal modes, ultrashort pulse propagation, relaxation oscillations, spectral narrowing, dispersion effects on the oscillation line width, and a saturation and power formalism for high gain lasers. Most of these subjects had not been treated previously and it is found that the properties of high gain lasers may differ drastically from the properties of similar low gain lasers. Besides the theoretical treatment of these subjects, experimental verification has been obtained whenever possible. The experiments were conducted using 3.51 micron xenon lasers.
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