Pulsed injection locking dynamics of passively mode-locked external-cavity semiconductor laser systems for all-optical clock recovery

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1111-1120

  Mathason, B K ^a   Delfyett, P J ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AMPLITUDE NOISE; BIT PATTERN EFFECTS; OPTICAL CLOCK RECOVERY; PULSE INJECTION LOCKED;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0034249184     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.857757     Document Type: Article

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