Active-passive modelocking in a single-polarisation erbium fibre laser

Electronics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 1994, Pages 1051-1053

  Carruthers, T F ^a   Duling, I N ^a   Dennis, M L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibre lasers; High speed optical techniques; Laser mode locking

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MIRRORS; PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION;

ACTIVE PASSIVE MODELOCKING; APERTURE FILLING OPTICS; FARADAY MIRROR; HIGH SPEED OPTICAL TECHNIQUES; LINEARLY POLARIZED PULSES; MULTIGIGABIT COMMUNICATION; PULSE SHORTENING MECHANISM; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SUBPICOSECOND PULSES;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0028447302     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19940691     Document Type: Article

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