Laser Mode Locking with Addition of Nonlinear Index

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 325-331

  Haus, Hermann A ^a   Silberberg, Yaron ^a  

^a TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES;

SPECTRAL BROADENING; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

LASERS, SOLID STATE;

EID: 0022665261     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.1986.1072944     Document Type: Article

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