A review of ultrafast optics and optoelectronics

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Steinmeyer, Günter ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chirped mirrors; Dispersion; Femtosecond pulses; Modulators; Pulse characterization; Ultrafast lasers; Ultrafast optoelectronics

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FEMTOSECOND PULSES;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 0037237151     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/5/1/201     Document Type: Review

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