Mode-locking ultrafast solid-state lasers with saturable Bragg reflectors

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 454-464

  Tsuda, Sérgio ^a,b,c   Knox, Wayne H ^a,d,e,f,g   Cundiff, S T ^a,g,h,i,j,k   Jan, W Y ^a   Cunningham, J E ^a,k  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c IEEE

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^f OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g American Physical Society ^*

^h RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j SciTec Inc   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; LASER MODE LOCKING; MIRRORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE BRAGG REFLECTOR STRUCTURE; ULTRAFAST TRANSIENT REFLECTIVITY;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0030229999     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571744     Document Type: Article

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