Femtosecond optical pulse generation from a CW laser using an electrooptic phase modulator featuring lens modulation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1412-1418

  Khayim, Tattee ^a   Yamauchi, Masakazu ^a   Kim, Dae Sik ^a   Kobayashi, Tetsuro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PHASE MODULATION;

ELECTROOPTIC CHIRPING COMPRESSION; ELECTROOPTIC PHASE MODULATOR; LENS MODULATION; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; PERIODIC DOMAIN INVERSION; QUASI VELOCITY MATCHING; REPETITION RATE; ULTRASHORT OPTICAL PULSE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0033342221     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.792554     Document Type: Article

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