Dynamic Modal Analysis of Monolithic Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 844-856

  Avrutin, Eugene A ^a   Arnold, John M ^b   Marsh, John H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Intense Photonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mode locking (ML); Modeling; Optical pulses; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; MIRRORS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL PULSES; PULSE EMISSION; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0348233520     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.818845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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