Semiconductor quantum-dot saturable absorber mode-locked fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-159

  Herda, Robert ^b   Okhotnikov, Oleg G ^b   Rafailov, Edik U ^a,c   Sibbett, Wilson ^d   Crittenden, Paul ^e   Starodumov, Andrei ^e  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e Coherent Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Lasers and laser optics; Quantum dots (QDs); Ultrarast lasers

Indexed keywords

MODULATION DEPTHS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; ULTRARAST LASERS;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER OPTICS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; YTTERBIUM;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33749874113     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.860376     Document Type: Article

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