Stable 80-GHz short pulse generation using the cascaded polarization-maintaining fiber loop mirrors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1396-1398

  Dong, Hao ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Sun, Hongzhi ^a   Dutta, Niloy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Mode locking; Polarization maintaining fiber (PMF) loop mirror; Soliton compression

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; NOTCH FILTERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLITONS;

POLARIZATION MAINTAINING FIBER (PMF) LOOP MIRROR; SOLITON COMPRESSION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 23844525468     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.848561     Document Type: Article

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