Passively mode-locked 1.3-μm multi-GHz Nd: YVO4 lasers with low timing jitter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1319-1321

  Spühler, Gabriel J ^a   Krainer, Lukas ^a   Liverini, Valeria ^a   Grange, Rachel ^a   Haiml, Markus ^a   Pawlik, Susanne ^b   Schmidt, Berthold ^b   Schön, Silke ^a   Keller, Ursula ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Bookham Switzerland AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Laser absorbers; Laser noise; Mode locked lasers; Neodymium; Solid lasers

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TIMING JITTER;

LASER ABSORBERS; LASER NOISE; MODE LOCKED LASERS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 20544435659     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.847442     Document Type: Article

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