Active picosecond optical pulse compression in semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-100

  Tang, J M ^a   Shore, K A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical pulse amplification; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse shaping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PUMPING (LASER);

OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032776698     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.737625     Document Type: Article

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