Turn-key-ready wavelength-, repetition rate- and pulsewidth-tunable femtosecond hybrid modelocked semiconductor laser

Electronics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 1995, Pages 1165-1167

  Ludwig, R ^a   Ehrhardt, A ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser modelocking; Laser tuning; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

ION BOMBARDMENT; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING; NITROGEN;

PULSEWIDTH; REPETITION RATE; TUNABILITY; WAVELENGTH;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0029637904     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19950796     Document Type: Article

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