Generation of 36-femtosecond pulses from a ytterbium fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 3550-3554

  Ilday, F O ^a   Buckley, J ^a   Kuznetsova, L ^a   Wise, F W ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ERBIUM; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; NEODYMIUM; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; PULSE DURATIONS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 2942701921     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.003550     Document Type: Article

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