Complete characterization of ultrashort pulse sources at 1550 nm

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-450

  Dudley, John M ^a   Barry, Liam P ^b   Harvey, John D ^a   Thomson, Mark D ^a   Thomsen, Benn C ^a   Bollond, Paul G ^a,c   Leonhardt, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c JDS Fitel Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FREQUENCY-RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING (FROG);

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032682773     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.753649     Document Type: Article

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