On the profile of pulses generated by fiber lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 8089-8096

  Bélanger, Pierre André ^a  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

FIBER MODE-LOCKED LASERS; GINZBURG-LANDAU (GL) SOLITARY WAVES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 30144433865     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008089     Document Type: Article

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