Ultrashort pulse generation by intracavity spectral shaping and phase compensation of external-cavity modelocked semiconductor lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1035-1040

  Gee, S ^a   Alphonse, Gerard A ^b   Connolly, John C ^b   Barty, C ^c   Delfyett, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT MODULATION; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EXTERNAL CHIRP COMPENSATION TECHNIQUE; INTRACAVITY SPECTRAL SHAPING TECHNIQUE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0034275632     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.863955     Document Type: Article

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