Harmonically mode-locked glass waveguide laser with 21-fs timing jitter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-42

  Malowicki, J E ^a   Fanto, M L ^a   Hayduk, M J ^a   Delfyett Jr , P J ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active mode locking; Erbium doped; Optical analog to digital conversion (ADC); Timing jitter; Waveguide laser

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; ERBIUM; ETALONS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; GLASS FIBERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TIMING JITTER;

ACTIVE MODE LOCKING; ERBIUM DOPED GLASS WAVEGUIDE; OPTICAL ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION; WAVEGUIDE LASER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 12344325863     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.837734     Document Type: Article

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