Fundamental and subharmonic hybrid mode-locking of a high-power (220 mW) monolithic semiconductor laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1308-1310

  Ahmad, Faisal R ^a   Rana, Farhan ^a  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Measurement by laser beam; Noise; Optical pulses; Phase noise; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LASER BEAMS; LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; LASERS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; PHASE NOISE; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLDERED JOINTS; WAVEGUIDES;

AVERAGE POWERS; COUPLED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRICALLY PUMPED; HIGH POWERS; HYBRID MODES; LASER NOISE; NOISE; OPTICAL PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE LASERS; SUB HARMONICS; SUBHARMONIC OPERATIONS; WAVEGUIDE LASERS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 48349113140     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.926911     Document Type: Article

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