A theoretical description of Fourier domain mode locked lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 24013-24019

  Jirauschek, Christian ^a   Biedermann, Benjamin ^b   Huber, Robert ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS; FOURIER DOMAIN MODE LOCKING; FOURIER DOMAINS; GAIN SATURATION DYNAMICS; LASER SPECTRA; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT; MODE-LOCKED LASER; NUMERICAL TREATMENTS; OPERATION PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REFERENCE FRAME; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LASER; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 73949141496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.024013     Document Type: Article

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