Jitter reduction through feedback for picosecond pulsed InGaAsP lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1988-1994

  Williams, K A ^b   White, I H ^a,b   Burns, D ^c,d   Sibbett, W ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; LASER PULSES; LIGHT SOURCES; Q SWITCHED LASERS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

JITTER REDUCTION; OPTOELECTRONIC FEEDBACK; PICOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; PICOSECOND PULSE TRAINS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030284627     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.541686     Document Type: Article

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