Diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd3+-doped fluoride fiber laser emitting at 1.05 μm: Novel results

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-23

  Wegmüller, Mark ^b   Schürch, Martin ^b   Hodel, W ^b   Weber, Heinz P ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^e Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences   (Switzerland)

^f OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g Optical Society of America ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Fluoride optical fibers; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Mode locked laser; Modeling; Ultrashort pulse generation

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER RESONATORS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GLASS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FLUORIDE OPTICAL FIBERS; LASER STABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER; ULTRASHORT PULSE GENERATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031700987     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.655002     Document Type: Article

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