Reduction of power fluctuations in ultrafast optically time-division-multiplexed pulse trains by use of a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 690-692

  Gross, Michael C ^a,b   Hanna, Marc ^b   Patel, Ketan M ^a,b   Ralph, Stephen E ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear wave propagation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse shaping; Pulsed lasers; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR AMPLIFYING LOOP MIRROR; NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA COMPRESSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL LINKS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0036575585     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.998727     Document Type: Article

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