Birefringent in-phase supermode operation of a multicore microstructured fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 10340-10345

  Zhu, X ^a   Schulzgen A ^a   Li, L ^a   Li, H ^a   Temyanko, V L ^a   Moloney, J V ^a   Peyghambarian, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; POLARIZATION;

MICROSTRUCTURED FIBER LASERS; PHASE LOCKED MULTICORE FIBER LASERS; SINGLE POLARIZATION OPERATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34547815660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.010340     Document Type: Article

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