Sub-picosecond pulse generation employing an SOA-based nonlinear polarization switch in a ring cavity

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2448-2453

  Yang, X ^a   Li, Z ^a   Tangdiongga, E ^a   Lenstra, D ^a   Khoe, G D ^a   Dorren, H J S ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE GENERATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

AUTO-CORRELATORS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); POLARIZING BEAMS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA);

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 2942752042     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.002448     Document Type: Article

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