High-power low-jitter quantum-dot passively mode-locked lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6115, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Cheng, Ling Shen ^a   Gray, Allen L ^a   Huang, Hua ^a   Kutty, Srivatsa P G ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Nagyvary, John ^a   Nabulsi, Faisal ^a   Olona, Leonard ^a   Pease, Edwin ^a   Sun, Qi ^a   Wiggins, Chris ^a   Zilko, John C ^a   Zou, Zhengzhong ^a   Varangis, Petros M ^a  

^a Zia Laser Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Low jitter; Mode locked lasers; Quantum dot

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; JITTER; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DC-BIASED OPERATION; LOW JITTER; OPTICAL CLOCKING APPLICATIONS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 33646557373     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.661322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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