Stable sub-85 fs passively mode-locked erbium-fiber oscillator with tunable repetition rate

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 3178-3183

  Hundertmark, Holger ^a   Kracht, Dietmar ^a   Engelbrecht, Martin ^a   Wandt, Dieter ^a   Fallnich, Carsten ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ERBIUM; LASERS; RELAXATION OSCILLATORS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ERBIUM-FIBER OSCILLATORS; GROUP-VELOCITY DISPERSION (GVD); LASER SOURCES; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTER (PBS);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 4644323713     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003178     Document Type: Article

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