Modelocked semiconductor laser system with pulse picking for variable repetition rate

Electronics Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 1387-1388

  Balzer, J C ^a   Schlauch, T ^a   Hoffmann, Th ^b   Klehr, A ^b   Erbert, G ^b   Hofmann, M R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; EXTERNAL CAVITY LASERS; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIER SYSTEMS; MODE-LOCKED; MODE-LOCKED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; PICO-SECOND PULSE; REPETITION RATE; SEMICONDUCTOR PULSE; ULTRA-FAST;

POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE GENERATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 82955171520     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2011.3378     Document Type: Article

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