Advanced Ti:Er:LiNbO3 waveguide lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-113

  Becker, C ^a   Oesselke, T ^a,b   Pandavenes, J ^a   Ricken, R ^a   Rochhausen, K ^a   Schreiber, G ^a   Sohler, W ^a   Suche, H ^a   Wessel, R ^a   Balsamo, S ^c   Montrosset, I ^d   Sciancalepore, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b Lambda Physik GmbH   (Germany)

^c Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0033893063     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.826878     Document Type: Article

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