Journal
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS
Volume 30, Issue 11, Pages 3064-3074Publisher
Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.003064
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- Office of Naval Research
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The widely used split-step Fourier method has difficulties when solving partial differential equations with saturable gain. Here, we describe a modified split-step Fourier method, and we compare it to several different algorithms for solving the Haus mode-locking equation and related equations that are used to model mode-locked lasers and other optical oscillators and amplifiers with saturable gain. These equations all include the product of a scalar nonlinearity and a stiff nonlinear operator. We find that a modified split-step method is the easiest to program with the same level of reliability and accuracy as the other methods that we investigated. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available