High-repetition-frequency low-noise fiber ring lasers mode-locked with carbon nanotubes

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 2123-2125

  Nicholson, Jeffrey W ^a   DiGiovanni, David J ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber lasers; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LASERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER RING LASERS; FIBER-RING LASERS; FUNDAMENTAL PULSE; LOW NOISE; MODE-LOCKED; MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL FIBER LASERS; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PULSE WIDTHS; RING LASER CAVITIES; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBONS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

RING LASERS;

EID: 59649107287     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2006990     Document Type: Article

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