Abstract
Successive formation and destraction of pulses in passive mode-locked lasers occur with a series of phase transitions, as noise (or power) is varied. We present experimental demonstration and a statistical-mechanics theory, including "thermodynamic" phase diagrams.
© 2004 Optical Society of America
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