Self-pulsing and dynamic bistability in cw-pumped Brillouin fiber ring lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 932-951

  Montes, Carlos ^a   Bahloul, Derradji ^a   Bongrand, Isabelle ^a   Botineau, Jean ^a   Cheval, Gérard ^a   Mamhoud, Abdellatif ^a   Picholle, Eric ^a   Picozzi, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FIBER LASERS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; SOLITONS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

BRILLOUIN FIBER RING LASERS; SELF PULSING;

RING LASERS;

EID: 4243342117     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000932     Document Type: Article

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