Nearly quantum-limited noise performance of passively mode-locked 10-GHz Er:Yb:Glass lasers

2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1638-1640

  Benkler, Erik ^a   Haverkamp, Nils ^a   Telle, Harald R ^a   Paschotta, R ^b   Rudin, B ^b   Schlatter, A ^b   Zeller, S C ^b   Spuhler G J ^b   Krainer, L ^b   Keller, U ^b  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ERBIUM; FOURIER OPTICS; FREQUENCIES; QUANTUM THEORY; YTTERBIUM;

CARRIER PHASE NOISE; FOURIER FREQUENCIES;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 30944455532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/cleo.2005.202225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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