Tunable, femtosecond pulse source operating in the range 1.06-1.33 μm based on an Yb3+-doped holey fiber amplifier

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1286-1294

  Price, J H V ^a   Furusawa, K ^a   Monro, T M ^a   Lefort, L ^a   Richardson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; SOLITONS; YTTERBIUM;

FEMTOSECOND PULSES;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0000854950     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001286     Document Type: Article

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