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Mode-locking dissected

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Despite the wide use of mode-locked lasers, no general theory for mode-locking exists. An attractor dissection approach provides some intuitive understanding of the complex dynamics in one type of mode-locking.

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Fig. 1: Spatiotemporal mode-locking in phase space.

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Ilday, F.Ö. Mode-locking dissected. Nat. Phys. 16, 504–505 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0811-2

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