High average-power, low-jitter, 10-GHz semiconductor modelocked laser system

Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 371-372

  Braun, A ^a   Kwakernaak, M ^a   Abeles, J H ^a   DePriest, C ^b   Yilmaz, T ^b   Delfyett Jr , P ^b  

^a SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JITTER; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SHOT NOISE;

MODELOCKED LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0036459367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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