Wavelength-tunable 40-GHz picosecond harmonically mode-locked fiber laser source

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2009-2011

  Roth, Jeffrey M ^a   Ulmer, Todd G ^a   Spellmeyer, Neal W ^a   Constantine, S ^a   Grein, Matthew E ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROABSORPTION; MODE LOCKED LASERS; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RING LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 4444383011     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.833036     Document Type: Article

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