Forced phase modulation and self phase modulation effects in dispersion-tuned mode-locked fiber lasers

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-200

  Tamura, Kohichi ^a   Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Nakazawa, Masataka ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber; Laser; Mode locking; Phase modulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PHASE MODULATION; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FORCED PHASE MODULATION (FPM); SELF PHASE MODULATION (SPM);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032000437     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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