Apparatus comprising optical pulse-generating means

Details Apparatus comprising optical pulse-generating means Apparatus comprising optical pulse-generating means

1990-07-20

1991-08-13

Gonzalez, Frank

Coherent light generators

Particular beam control device

Control of pulse characteristics

372 45, 372 46, 372 50, H01S 3103

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050401831

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is apparatus that comprises integrated colliding pulse mode-locked means for generating ultrashort optical pulses. The means advantageously are capable of producing transform-limited (or nearly transform-limited) pulses. Several exemplary embodiments are disclosed. Exemplarily the invention is embodied in InP-based integrated means that produced 1.4 ps pulses at a 32.6 GHz repetition rate.

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