Theory of the frequency comb output from a femstosecond fiber laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1388-1402

  Newbury, Nathan R ^a   Washburn, Brian R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency measurement; Laser stability; Optical fiber lasers; Optical fiber measurement applications

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RAMAN SCATTERING; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SOLITONS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; LASER STABILITY; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 27744528295     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.857657     Document Type: Article

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