Dispersion-Managed Breathing-Mode Semiconductor Mode-Locked Ring Laser: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulations

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 214-221

  Resan, Bojan ^a   Delfyett Jr , Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode locked lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor nonlinear optics including multiple quantum wells; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultrafast pulse generation

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MODE-LOCKED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR NONLINEAR OPTICS INCLUDING MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA); ULTRAFAST PULSE GENERATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 1642618448     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.823029     Document Type: Article

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