An investigation of Q-switched induced quenching of the resonant nonlinearity in neodymium doped fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 110-120

  Arkwright, John W ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Skinner, I M ^b  

^a Siemens Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^f University of New South Wales ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY TIME; GAIN SWITCHED TECHNIQUES; INTRACAVITY MODULATION; LASING SIGNAL; NEODYMIUM DOPED FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHING; RATE EQUATION ANALYSIS; RESONANT NONLINEARITY;

CAVITY RESONATORS; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION; Q SWITCHING; QUENCHING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0029733529     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.476144     Document Type: Article

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