Nonequilibrium and thermal effects in modelocked VECSELs

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 6422-6427

  Moloney, J V ^a,b   Kilen, I ^b   Baumner, A ^c   Scheller, M ^a   Koch, S W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER ACCESSORIES; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

AVERAGE POWER; CARRIER DISTRIBUTIONS; MANY-BODY DYNAMICS; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION; MODE-LOCKED PULSE; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PULSE DURATIONS; VERTICAL EXTERNAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

EID: 84896954633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.006422     Document Type: Article

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