Pulse compression using direct feedback of the spectral phase from photonic crystal fiber output without the need for the Taylor expansion method

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1951-1953

  Adachi, Muneyuki ^a,b   Yamane, Keisaku ^a   Morita, Ryuji ^a   Yamashita, Mikio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIDEK CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

CHIRP COMPENSATION; COMPUTER CONTROLLED FEEDBACK SYSTEM; PHOTONIC CRYATAL FIBER; PULSE COMPRESSION; TAYLOR EXPANSION METHOD;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 4043069964     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.829766     Document Type: Article

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