High peak power, narrow RF linewidth asymmetrical cladding quantum-dash mode-locked lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Faugeron, Mickaël ^a   Lelarge, François ^a   Tran, Michael ^a,b   Robert, Yannick ^a   Vinet, Eric ^a   Enard, Alain ^a   Jacquet, Joël ^c   Van Dijk, Frédéric ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c SUPELEC   (France)

Author keywords

High power diode lasers; mode locked semiconductor lasers; optical pulse generation; quantum dot lasers

Indexed keywords

CLADDING STRUCTURES; CONTINUOUS-WAVE POWER; HIGH-POWER DIODE LASERS; MODE-LOCKED LASER; MODE-LOCKED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; PASSIVE MODE-LOCKING; SUBPICOSECOND PULSE;

GROUP DELAY; LASERS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

EID: 84877872987     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2241025     Document Type: Article

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