Mode-locked fiber laser with a chirped grating mirror

Optics Communications

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 205-214

  Haus, J W ^a   Hayduk, M ^b   Kaechele, W ^c   Shaulov, G ^d   Theimer, J ^b   Teegarden, K ^e   Wicks, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISPERSION (WAVES); LASER MODE LOCKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLITONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHIRPED GRATING MIRROR; LASER CAVITY MODELING; MODE LOCKED LASERS; PULSE PROPAGATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0033874548     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00692-6     Document Type: Article

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