Abstract
Diode-pumped solid-state lasers with external modulators offer significant advantages for many telecommunication applications. These inelude narrow linewidths, low amplitude noise, and good transverse-mode quality, allowing efficient fiber-optic coupling. Recent work has demonstrated the usefulness of externally modulated 1.32-μm Nd:YAG lasers for both analog and coherent communication applications.1,2 In many cases, however, the full value of these techniques will not be achieved until they can be applied at 1.54 μm as well.
© 1991 Optical Society of America
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