A harmonic colliding-pulse mode-locked semiconductor laser for stable subterahertz pulse generation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1442-1444

  Katagiri, Yoshitada ^a,b   Takada, Atsushi ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Downconversion; Harmonics; Mode locked lasers; Optical pulse generation; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

MONOLITHIC PERIODIC SATURABLE ABSORBER CONFIGURATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031275039     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.634702     Document Type: Article

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