Threshold pumping, 17, 160, 192, 209, 231,
394, 395, 398, 399, 402, 404, 406,
465, 471
Time constants, 22–25, 27, 33, 40, 63, 86, 99,
111, 112, 115, 118, 119, 124, 129, 136,
144, 150, 155, 161, 170, 194, 207, 209,
214, 225, 228, 231, 234, 235, 239,
241–243, 245, 246, 251–253, 270, 272,
279–282, 293, 297, 304, 306–308, 310,
315, 320, 327, 333, 338, 350, 357, 358,
397, 398, 400–402, 405, 410, 413, 416,
417, 422, 424, 429, 430, 432, 438,
440–442, 458, 459, 461, 462, 477, 504
Time delays, 25, 87, 136, 150, 198, 231, 290,
301, 343, 400, 462, 494
Toroid resonator, 161, 162
Transfer functions, 21, 23, 35, 39, 86, 93, 94,
98–102, 104, 108–114, 116, 118, 119,
121, 124, 130, 133, 135–137, 144, 148,
157–159, 182, 198, 207, 208, 212, 214,
216, 221, 238, 240–242, 246, 249–251,
255, 256, 279, 285, 299–311, 313, 315,
325, 328, 329, 344, 346, 348, 350,
357–359, 374, 375, 396–405, 408, 411,
412, 416, 421, 425, 432, 441, 442,
444–446, 451, 458, 468, 493
U
Ultra
low phase noise, 1–3, 43, 61, 90, 129, 368,
449, 461, 507
wideband modulation, 486, 505
W
Watt-Ampere characteristic, 166
Wave
equations, 30, 108, 140, 141, 377, 379, 380
guide layer, 99, 395, 396, 398
lengths, 305, 375, 484
propagation, 52, 181, 372, 379, 380
Y
Ytterbium, 43, 78, 137, 150
Z
Zero function, 156
Zones, 17, 18, 39, 89, 90, 125, 130, 139, 146,
170, 176, 190, 292, 372, 373, 375,
378, 381–388, 390, 391, 421, 465, 474,
486
522
Index