Supermode selection of a subterahertz-harmonic colliding-pulse mode-locked semiconductor laser using continuous-wave light injection

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1564-1566

  Katagiri, Yoshitada ^a   Takada, Atsushi ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser modes; Laser tuning; Mode locked lasers; Optical pulse generation; Semiconductor lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LIGHT INJECTIONS; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031386203     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.643262     Document Type: Article

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