Femtosecond carrier dynamics and modelocking in monolithic CPM lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1308-1310

  Brorson, S D ^a,b   Bischoff, S ^c   Mork J ^a   Moller Larsen A ^a   Nielsen, J M ^a  

^a TDC AS   (Denmark)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LASER THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FEMTOSECOND CARRIER DYNAMICS; GRADED INDEX SEPARATE CONFINEMENT HETEROSTRUCTURE; MONOLITHIC LASER; RIDGE WAVEGUIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030270694     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.536637     Document Type: Article

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