All-fiber similariton laser at 1 μm without dispersion compensation

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 6889-6893

  Prochnow, Oliver ^a   Ruehl, Axel ^a   Schultz, Michael ^a   Wandt, Dieter ^a   Kracht, Dietmar ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG REFLECTORS; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POLARIZATION;

NONLINEAR POLARIZATION; PULSE ENERGY; YTTERBIUM LASERS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 34249673418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.006889     Document Type: Article

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