Subpicosecond pulse generation at quasi-40-GHz using a passively mode-locked AlGaInAs-InP 1.55-μm strained quantum-well laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 1731-1733

  Hou, Lianping ^a   Stolarz, Piotr ^a   Javaloyes, J ^a   Green, Richard P ^a   Ironside, Charlie N ^a   Sorel, Marc ^a   Bryce, A Catrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AlGaInAs; Mode locked (ml) laser; Pulse generation; Strained quantum well

Indexed keywords

ALGAINAS; FS PULSE; GAUSSIAN PULSE; INP; MODE-LOCKED; MODE-LOCKED (ML) LASER; MULTI QUANTUM WELLS; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED LASERS; QUANTUM WELL; REPETITION RATE; SUBPICOSECOND PULSE;

LASERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 77950536026     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2031088     Document Type: Article

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