Experimental observation of FPU recurrence in a fiber ring laser

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 3304-3309

  Zhao, B ^a   Tang, D Y ^a   Tam, H Y ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTODETECTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FERMI-PASTA-ULAM (FPU); FIBER RING LASERS; MODULATION INSTABILITY (MI); RING CAVITY;

RING LASERS;

EID: 2942711479     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.003304     Document Type: Article

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