Theory and simulation of dual-frequency mode-locked lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-264

  Farnum, Edward D ^a   Butson, Leslie ^b   Kutz, J Nathan ^b  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DUAL FREQUENCY MODE-LOCKED LASERS; GAIN MODELS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM) COUPLING INTERACTIONS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 33644882245     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000257     Document Type: Article

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