Computer controlled harmonic FM mode-locking of 40 GHz repetition rate fiber laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5579, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 736-743

  Ponomarev, Evgueni A ^a   Yang, Shiquan ^a   Bao, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

40 GHz repetition rate; Computer control; FM modulation; Mode locking; Ultrafast fiber lasers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LASER MODE LOCKING; MODULATION; PHOTODIODES; RELIABILITY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

40 GHZ REPETITION RATE; FM MODULATION; LASER CAVITIES; ULTRAFAST FIBER LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 21944434853     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.567389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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