Environmentally-stable femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with birefringent photonic bandgap fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3460-3464

  Lim, Hyungsik ^a   Chong, Andy ^a   Wise, Frank W ^a  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ENERGY GAP; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; YTTERBIUM;

DECHIRPING; PARABOLIC PULSES; STRETCHED-PULSE OPERATION; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 21244447408     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003460     Document Type: Article

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