Mechanism of intrinsic wavelength tuning and sideband asymmetry in a passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-33

  Man, W S ^a   Tam, H Y ^a   Demokan, M S ^a   Wai, P K A ^a   Tang, D Y ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0346088583     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000028     Document Type: Article

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