Coherent energy exchange between components of a vector sgliton in fiber lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 12618-12623

  Zhang, H ^a   Tang, D Y ^a   Zhao, L M ^a   Xiang, N ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; POLARIZATION;

ENERGY EXCHANGES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; IN-FIBER; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; POLARIZATION COMPONENTS; SPECTRAL SIDEBANDS; VECTOR SOLITON;

SOLITONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 50049135387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012618     Document Type: Article

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