Measuring the above-threshold group-velocity dispersion and gain curvature of a semiconductor laser by pulse-propagation techniques

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-35

  Gordon, R ^a   Heberle, A P ^b   Cleaver, J R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HITACHI CAMBRIDGE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE MODULATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

GAIN CURVATURE; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; PULSE PROPAGATION TECHNIQUE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0347268950     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000029     Document Type: Article

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