Long-term stable microwave signal extraction from mode-locked lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 8951-8959

  Kim, J ^a   Ludwig, F ^b   Felber, M ^b   Kartner F X ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^b DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; MICROWAVES; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PHOTODETECTORS;

MICROWAVE SIGNALS; OUT-OF-LOOP CHARACTERIZATION; SIGNAL EXTRACTION;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 34547184516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008951     Document Type: Article

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