Mode-locking pulse dynamics in a fiber laser with a saturable Bragg reflector

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2681-2690

  Kutz, J Nathan ^a,c   Collings, Brandon C ^b   Bergman, Keren ^b   Tsuda, Sergio ^c   Cundiff, Steven T ^c   Knox, Wayne H ^c   Holmes, Philip ^a   Weinstein, Michael ^a,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER LASERS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ADDITIVE PULSE MODE LOCKING; MODE LOCKING MODEL; PULSE DYNAMICS; SATURABLE BRAGG REFLECTOR; SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 0031245133     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002681     Document Type: Article

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