Dynamic properties of an all solid-state frequency-shifted feedback laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 190-202

  Kasahara, Kumio ^a,b,c   Nakamura, Koichiro ^b   Sato, Manabu ^b   Ito, Hiromasa ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustooptic modulator; All solid state laser; Dynamic properties; Frequency chirp; Frequency shifted feedback; Instantaneous oscillation frequency; Oscillation bandwidth; Wigner Ville distribution

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PHOTODETECTORS; PUMPING (LASER);

ACOUSTOOPTIC MODULATOR; FREQUENCY SHIFTED FEEDBACK LASERS; WIGNER-VILLE DISTRIBUTION;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0031674706     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.655023     Document Type: Article

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