Pulse shortening of gain switched single mode semiconductor lasers using a variable delay interferometer

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 22481-22489

  Consoli, Antonio ^a   Esquivias, Ignacio ^a  

^a Universidad Politécnica de Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

GAIN SWITCHING; GAIN-SWITCHED; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE SHORTENING; PULSE-SHAPING; SINGLE MODE SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; VARIABLE DELAYS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; SOLID STATE LASER;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE;

EID: 84866686994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.022481     Document Type: Article

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