Optimum design of NOLM for compression of low power Gain-Switching pulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6468, Issue , 2007, Pages

  De Dios, Cristina ^a   Lamela, Horacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

GAIN-SWITCHING PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRRORS (NOLM); PULSE COMPRESSORS; ULTRASHORT OPTICAL PULSES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 34248575931     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.707658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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