All-optical actively modelocked fibre ring laser based on cross-gain modulation in SOA

Electronics Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 1504-1505

  He, Jian ^a   Chan, K T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER RESONATORS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATION; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

ACTIVELY MODELOCKED FIBRE RING LASER; CROSS-GAIN MODULATION; OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYSER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

RING LASERS;

EID: 0037153498     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20021082     Document Type: Article

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