Polarization-maintaining picosecond fiber oscillator based on quantum-dot SESAM

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6102, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Crittenden, Paul ^a   Starodumov, Andrei ^a   Reed, Murray ^a  

^a Research and Development Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode locked fiber laser; Multiple quantum well; Polarization maintaining fiber; Quantum dot; Saturable absorber; SESAM

Indexed keywords

MODE LOCKED FIBER LASER; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING FIBER; SATURABLE ABSORBER; SESAM;

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MIRRORS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; YTTERBIUM;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33645996427     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.660317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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