Mode-locked ultrashort pulse generation from on-chip normal dispersion microresonators

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Huang, S W ^a,b   Zhou, H ^b   Yang, J ^a,b   McMillan, J F ^b   Matsko, A ^c   Yu, M ^d   Kwong, D L ^d   Maleki, L ^c   Wong, C W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c OEWAVES INC   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); LASER MODE LOCKING; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSE SHAPING; RESONATORS; SOLITONS;

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; CONTROLLED PUMPS; LOCAL DISPERSION; MICRO RESONATORS; MODE INTERACTIONS; NORMAL DISPERSION; PULSE STRUCTURES; ULTRASHORT PULSE GENERATION;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 84922311636     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.053901     Document Type: Article

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