Higher order FM mode locking for pulse-repetition-rate enhancement in actively mode-locked lasers: Theory and experiment

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 875-890

  Abedin, Kazi Sarwar ^a   Onodera, Noriaki ^a   Hyodo, Masaharu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHASE MODULATION; RING LASERS;

ACTIVE MODE-LOCKED LASERS; FABRY-PEROT FILTERS; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 0032665328     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.766831     Document Type: Article

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