Models for passively mode-locked fiber lasers

Fiber and Integrated Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 370-391

  Sanchez, François ^a,b   Leblond, Hervé ^a   Salhi, Mohamed ^a   Komarov, Andrey ^a   Haboucha, Adil ^a  

^a Laboratoire des Propriétés Optiques des Matériaux et Applications

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Nonlinear polarization rotation; Passive mode lock; Soliton

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FIBER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; LASERS;

ANALYTICAL STUDY; FIBER LASER; GAIN SATURATION; GINZBURG-LANDAU EQUATION; HARMONIC MODE-LOCKING; MODE-LOCKING; MULTIPLE PULSE BEHAVIOR; MULTISTABILITY; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION; PASSIVE MODE-LOCK; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PHASE PLATES; SOLITON;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 53049091842     PISSN: 01468030     EISSN: 10964681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01468030802268722     Document Type: Article

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