Line-by-line pulse shaping with spectral resolution below 890 MHz

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3110-3117

  Willits, John T ^a,b   Weiner, Andrew M ^a,c   Cundiff, Steven T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SAPPHIRE; TITANIUM;

FREE SPECTRAL RANGE; FREQUENCY MODES; HIGH-RESOLUTION PULSE SHAPER; LINE-BY-LINE PULSE SHAPING; MODE-LOCKED; OUTPUT WAVEFORM; REPETITION RATE; TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASER;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84856427144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.003110     Document Type: Article

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