Mode locking in large monolithic semiconductor ring lasers

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1164-1168

  Yu, Siyuan ^a,b,c,d,e   Krauss, Thomas F ^a   Laybourn, Peter J R ^a,f,g,h,i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WUHAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Southampton University ^*

^j The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Monolithic semiconductors; Pulse width; Ring lasers

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542576800     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601950     Document Type: Article

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