Am and high-harmonic fm laser mode locking

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 5908-5912

  Scott, Ryan P ^a   Bennett, Corey V ^a   Kolner, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active mode locking; Amplitudemodulated mode locking; Frequency modulated mode locking; Harmonic mode locking; Mode locked laser; Simultaneous mode locking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038097227     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005908     Document Type: Article

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