FM mode-locked fiber lasers operating in the autosoliton regime

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 753-761

  Usechak, Nicholas G ^a,b   Agrawal, Govind P ^a,b   Zuegel, Jonathan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosolitons; Fiber lasers; FM mode locked lasers

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE MODULATION;

AUTOSOLITONS; FM MODE LOCKED LASERS; GINZBERG-LANDAU EQUATION; PULSE STABILITY;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 20544474768     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.846695     Document Type: Article

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