Soliton collapse and bunched noise-like pulse generation in a passively mode-locked fiber ring laser

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2289-2294

  Tang, D Y ^a   Zhao, L M ^a   Zhao, B ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FIBER OPTICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; RING LASERS; SOLITONS;

LASER CAVITY; LASER EMISSION; OPTICAL SPECTRUM; PULSE PROPAGATION AND SOLITONS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 21244480136     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.002289     Document Type: Article

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