Compact System of Wavelength-Tunable Femtosecond Soliton Pulse Generation Using Optical Fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-327

  Nishizawa, Norihiko ^a   Goto, Toshio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear wave propagation; Optical fiber applications; Optical fiber lasers; Optical pulse generation; Optical soliton; Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SOLITONS;

SOLITON PULSE GENERATION;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0347720281     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.748223     Document Type: Article

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