Multifrequency mode-locked lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1002-1010

  Farnum, Edward D ^a   Kutz, J Nathan ^b  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; LASERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); PULSED LASERS;

FREQUENCY CHANNELS; GAIN SATURATION; LASER OPERATIONS; MODE-LOCKED LASER; MODE-LOCKED PULSE; MULTI FREQUENCY; MULTIPLE FREQUENCY; THEORETICAL MODELING;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 50449088719     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001002     Document Type: Article

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