High-repetition-rate subpicosecond source of fiber-amplified vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser pulses

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 623-625

  Elsmere, S P ^a   Mihoubi, Z ^a   Quarterman, A H ^a   Dupriez, Pascal ^a,b   Nilsson, J ^a   Roberts, J S ^c   Tropper, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber amplification; Mode locking; Repetition rate; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT SOURCES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

FIBER AMPLIFICATION; REPETITION RATE; SUBPICOSECOND SOURCE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 41849129575     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.919461     Document Type: Article

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