Diode-pumped environmentally stable stretched-pulse fiber laser

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1076-1079

  Jones, D J ^b   Nelson, L E ^b,c   Haus, H A ^a,b   Ippen, E P ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Massachusetts Inst of Technology ^*  (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Optical pulse compression; Short pulse generation; Stretched pulse fiber laser; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL PUMPING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

STRETCHED PULSE FIBER LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031200143     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.649543     Document Type: Article

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