10-GHz train of sub-500-fs optical soliton-like pulses from a surface-emitting semiconductor laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 267-269

  Hoogland, S ^a,b   Garnache, A ^c   Sagnes, Isabelle ^d   Roberts, J S ^e   Tropper, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^d Lab De Photonique Et De N   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diode pumped laser; Mode locking; Semiconductor laser; Ultrashort pulses

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

DIODE-PUMPED LASER; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRROR; VERTICAL EXTERNAL CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 13444252711     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.839464     Document Type: Article

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