A mode-locked fibre laser using a Sagnac interferometer and nonlinear polarization rotation

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Ibarra Escamilla, B ^a   Kuzin, E A ^a   Gomez Garcia, D E ^a   Gutierrez Zainos, F ^a   Mendoza Vazquez, S ^a   Haus, J W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibre Sagnac interferometer; Mode locked fibre laser

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

PHASE CONJUGATORS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 0141869000     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/5/5/370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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