Subsideband generation and modulational instability lasing in a fiber soliton laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1443-1450

  Tang, D Y ^a   Fleming, S ^a   Man, W S ^b   Tam, H Y ^b   Demokan, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; RING LASERS; SOLITONS;

LASER CAVITY;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0035600881     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001443     Document Type: Article

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