Tuning Range Extension by Active Mode-Locking of External Cavity Laser Including a Linearly Chirped Fiber Bragg Grating

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1118-1123

  Bergonzo, Aurélien ^a   Gohin, Estelle ^a   Landreau, Jean ^a   Durand, Olivier ^a   Brenot, Romain ^a   Duan, Guang Hua ^a   Jacquet, Joel ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirp; External cavity; Fiber Bragg grating; Mode locking; Round trip frequency; Tunable laser; Wavelength tuning

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER TUNING; LINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATIONS; SIGNAL GENERATORS;

CHIRP; EXTERNAL CAVITY LASERS (ECL); ROUND TRIP FREQUENCY; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 1342282449     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.819519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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