High-repetition frequency pulse generation at over 40 GHz using mode-locked lasers integrated with electroabsorption modulators

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-150

  Sato, Kenji ^a   Kotaka, Isamu ^a   Kondo, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamamoto, Mitsuo ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ea modulator; Mode locked laser; Pulse compression; Short pulse generation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; PULSE COMPRESSION;

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0031998835     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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