A polarization-maintaining and dispersion-managed 10-GHz mode-locked Erbium fiber ring laser providing both sech 2- and Gaussian-shaped pulses

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-303

  Bakhshi, B ^a   Andrekson, P A ^a   Zhang, Xiupu ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0000905719     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.1998.0263     Document Type: Article

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