Polarization rotation locking of vector solitons in a fiber ring laser

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10053-10058

  Zhao, L M ^a   Tang, D Y ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Wu, X ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); POLARIZATION; RING LASERS; SOLITONS;

FIBER-RING LASERS; GROUP VELOCITIES; INSTANTANEOUS POLARIZATION; MULTIPLE VECTORS; POLARIZATION ROTATION; ROUND-TRIP TIME; VECTOR SOLITON;

VECTORS;

EID: 47249154844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010053     Document Type: Article

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