Amplitude-modulated fiber-ring laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 705-712

  Caputo, J G ^a   Clausen, C B ^b   Sorensen, M P ^b   Bischoff, S ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RESONANCE; SOLITONS;

SOLITON PULSES;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0034416458     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000705     Document Type: Article

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