Ultrafast optical signal processing using semiconductor laser amplifiers

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1708, 1996, Pages 733-744

  Schnabel, R ^a   Ludwig, R ^a   Pieper, W ^a   Diez, S ^a   Weber, H G ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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EID: 3042964172     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1996.0027     Document Type: Article

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