Energy rate equations for mode-locked lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2099-2111

  Namiki, Shu ^a,b   Ippen, Erich P ^a   Haus, Hermann A ^a   Yu, Charles X ^a  

^a Massachusetts Inst of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

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EID: 0031514886     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002099     Document Type: Article

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