Femtosecond optical pulse generation using quasivelocity-matched electrooptic phase modulator

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 493-499

  Kim, Dae Sik ^b,c,d   Arisawa, Masato ^b,d,e   Morimoto, Akihiro ^b,d   Kobayashi, Tetsuro ^a,b,f,g  

^a IEEE

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^e SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATORS; PHASE MODULATION;

CHIRPING COMPRESSION METHOD; ELECTROOPTIC MODULATION; FULL WIDTH HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM); QUASI VELOCITY MATCHING (QVM);

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0030230973     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571749     Document Type: Article

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