Theory and simulation of the dynamics and stability of actively modelocked lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1412-1419

  O'Neil, Jennifer J ^a   Kutz, J Nathan ^a   Sandstede, Björn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active modelocking; Mode locked lasers; Solitons

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; Q SWITCHING; RING LASERS; SOLITONS;

ADDITIVE PULSE MODELOCKING (APM);

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 0036793364     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.802979     Document Type: Article

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