Mode-locking at very high repetition rates more than terahertz in passively mode-locked distributed-Bragg-reflector laser diodes

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1211-1224

  Arahira, Shin ^a   Matsui, Yasuhiro ^a   Ogawa, Yoh ^a  

^a OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CAVITY RESONATORS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIRRORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; STABILITY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR; HARMONIC NUMBERS; HARMONIC PULSES; INTRACAVITY SATURABLE ABSORBER; SPECTRUM FILTERING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030196368     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.517021     Document Type: Article

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