Abstract
A simple model is presented to describe mode locking in a laser coupled to a nonlinear resonator. It reveals a new mechanism for pulse shortening and shows that shortening does not rely on dispersion in the auxiliary cavity. Experimental results are given to support the basic predictions of the model.
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