High repetition rate optical pulse generation by frequency multiplication in actively modelocked fibre ring lasers

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 455-457

  Ahmed, Z ^a   Onodera, N ^a  

^a Kansai Advanced Research Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibre lasers; Optical modulation; Pulse generators

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; PULSE GENERATORS;

CAVITY LOSS; DETUNING; ERBIUM DOPED FIBRE AMPLIFIERS; FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION; MODELOCKED FIBRE RING LASERS; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; REPETITION RATE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0030082526     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960311     Document Type: Article

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