Correlation of supermode noise of harmonically mode-locked lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1490-1497

  Ges, Sangyoun ^a   Quinlan, Franklyn ^a   Ozharar, Sarper ^a   Delfyett, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE NOISE;

GRATING PULSE; RESIDUAL PHASE NOISE TECHNIQUE; SUPERMODE NOISE;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 34548205272     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/josab.24.001490     Document Type: Article

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