Compact sources for the generation of high-peak power wavelength-stabilized laser pulses in the picoseconds and nanoseconds ranges

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8241, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wenzel, H ^a   Klehr, A ^a   Schwertfeger, S ^a   Liero, A ^a   Hoffmann, Th ^a   Brox, O ^a   Thomas, M ^a   Erbert, G ^a   Trankle G ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

gain switching; mode locking; Q switching

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; BEAM-SHAPING; COMPACT SOURCES; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; DIODE-LASER; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; GAIN SWITCHING; GAIN-SWITCHED DFB LASER; HIGH AMPLITUDES; HIGH PEAK POWER; HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS; LATERAL MODES; LONG PULSE; MASTER OSCILLATORS; MODELOCKING; PEAK POWER; PICOSECONDS; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS;

DBR LASERS; DIFFRACTION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; OPTICS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; Q SWITCHING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 84863395522     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.906320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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