Generation of gain-switched optical pulses with very low timing jitter by using external CW-light injection seeding

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-236

  Nogiwa, S ^a   Kawaguchi, Y ^a   Ohta, H ^a   Endo, Y ^a  

^a Teratec Corp   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; SOLITONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVEGUIDE CIRCULATORS;

GAIN SWITCHED OPTICAL PULSES; LIGHT INJECTION SEEDING; OPTICAL SAMPLING; TIMING JITTERS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0034598681     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000256     Document Type: Article

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