Effect of amplified spontaneous emission and absorber mirror recovery time on the dynamics of mode-locked fiber lasers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Herda, Robert ^a   Okhotnikov, Oleg G ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; HEAVY IONS; IRRADIATION; MIRRORS; YTTERBIUM;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); HEAVY-ION IRRADIATION; OPTICAL PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS (SESAM);

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 19744382819     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1845589     Document Type: Article

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