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Active mode-locking of 1.3 μm extended-cavity silicon chip Bragg reflector laser
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In this article, active mode-locking of an extended-cavity silicon chip Bragg reflector laser has been shown to achieve 27 ps duration at repetition rates up to 7 GHz with a controllable narrow optical spectrum.Abstract:
The authors report active mode-locking of an extended-cavity silicon chip Bragg reflector laser. Pulses of 27 ps duration at repetition rates up to 7 GHz, have been achieved with a controllable narrow optical spectrum. >read more
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Mode-locked hybrid soliton pulse source with extremely wide operating frequency range
Paul A. Morton,Victor Mizrahi,Peter A. Andrekson,Tawee Tanbun-Ek,Ralph A. Logan,P. Lemaire,D.L. Coblentz,A.M. Sergent,K.W. Wecht,P.F. Sciortino +9 more
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10 GHz 1.9 ps actively modelocked fibre integrated ring laser at 1.3 [micro sign]m
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