Phase-locked multicore all-fiber lasers: Modeling and experimental investigation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1721-1728

  Li, L ^a   Schulzgen A ^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

FIBER OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS;

IN-PHASE SUPERMODE; MONOLITHIC FIBER DEVICE; PHASE-LOCKED MULTICORE FIBER LASER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34548604882     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001721     Document Type: Article

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