Active mode locking with whispering-gallery modes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2292-2296

  Matsko, Andrey B ^a   Ilahenko, Vladimir S ^a   Savchenkov, Anatoliy A ^a   Maleki, Lute ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; MICROWAVES;

LASER ARCHITECTURES; NONLINEAR DIELECTRIC CAVITY;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 0242577887     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002292     Document Type: Article

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