All-normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 10095-10099

  Chong, Andy ^a   Buckley, Joel ^a   Renninger, Will ^a   Wise, Frank ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

FEMTOSECOND FIBER LASERS; FEMTOSECOND PULSES; PULSE ENERGY; SPECTRAL FILTERING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33750367197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010095     Document Type: Article

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