Coupled optoelectronic oscillation via fundamental mode-locking in a composite-cavity electro-optic microchip laser

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 824-831

  Yoo, David K ^a,b   Li, Yifei ^a   Goldwasser, Samuel M ^a   Jemison, William D ^c   Herczfeld, Peter R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled optoelectronic oscillator (COEO); Fundamental mode locking; Microchip laser; Mode locked laser

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER RESONATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION;

ELECTRO-OPTIC MICROCHIP LASER; FUNDAMENTAL MODE-LOCKING; LORENTZIAN GAIN APPROXIMATION; MICROCHIP LASER;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 42649085725     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.912521     Document Type: Article

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