Continuous 500 GHz pulse train generation by repetition-rate multiplication using arrayed waveguide grating

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1138-1140

  Seo, D S ^a,d   Leaird, D E ^a   Weiner, A M ^a   Kamei, S ^b   Ishii, M ^b   Sugita, A ^b   Okamoto, K ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Okamoto Laboratory Ltd   (Japan)

^d Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LASERS; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS (AWG);

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0042570635     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20030718     Document Type: Article

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