Joint time-frequency measurements of mode-locked semiconductor diode lasers and dynamics using frequency-resolved optical gating

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-500

  Delfyett, Peter J ^a,c,d   Shi, Hong ^a,d,e,f   Gee, S ^a   Nitta, Ikuko ^a,d,g   Connolly, John C ^b   Alphonse, Gerard A ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FREQUENCY-RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING (FROG);

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032688531     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.753653     Document Type: Article

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