WO2006079078A3 - Mode locking methods and apparatus - Google Patents

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WO2006079078A3
WO2006079078A3 PCT/US2006/002476 US2006002476W WO2006079078A3 WO 2006079078 A3 WO2006079078 A3 WO 2006079078A3 US 2006002476 W US2006002476 W US 2006002476W WO 2006079078 A3 WO2006079078 A3 WO 2006079078A3
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Abstract

In one aspect the invention relates to a frequency varying wave generator. The generator includes a gain element adapted to amplify a wave having a wavelength; a time varying tunable wavelength selective filter element in communication with the gain element, the tunable Filter element adapted to selectively filter waves during a period T; and a feedback element in communication with the tunable filter element and the gain element, wherein the tunable wavelength selective filter element, the gain element and the feedback element define a circuit such that the roundtrip time for the wave to propagate through the circuit is substantially equal to a non-zero integer multiple of the period T.
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