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Khrushchev et al., 1998 - Google Patents

Nonlinear Pulse Switching and Compression in a Dispersion-Imbalanced Loop Mirror

Khrushchev et al., 1998

Document ID
2454941547144798
Author
Khrushchev I
White I
Penty R
Publication year
Publication venue
The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

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Gain-switched and Q-switched laser diodes have long been of interest because they can be directly modulated over widely tuneable repetition rates. However, the pulses generated in such diodes are typically longer than a few picoseconds duration and hence compression …
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