Dynamics of short-pulse generation via spectral filtering from intensely excited gain-switched 1.55-μm distributed-feedback laser diodes

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 10597-10605

  Chen, Shaoqiang ^a   Yoshita, Masahiro ^a,b   Sato, Aya ^b   Ito, Takashi ^a   Akiyama, Hidefumi ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; LONG WAVELENGTH; RATE EQUATIONS; SHORT PULSE GENERATION; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SPECTRAL FILTERING; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FILTRATION; LIGHT; SOLID STATE LASER; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; FILTRATION; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LIGHT;

EID: 84878601195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.010597     Document Type: Article

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