Repetition rate switching in a passively mode-locked fibre laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6351 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tian, X L ^a   Tang, M ^a   Gong, Y D ^b   Shum, P ^a  

^a Network Technology Research Centre   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Mode lock; Noise like

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DEVICES; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

HARMONIC MODES; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION (NPR); POWER CLAMPING; PULSE INTERACTION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33845640017     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.688967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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