Manipulation of operation states by polarization control in an erbium-doped fiber laser with a hybrid saturable absorber

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 4806-4814

  Lin, Kuei Huei ^a   Kang, Jung Jui ^b   Wu, Hsiao Hua ^c   Lee, Chao Kuei ^b   Lin, Gong Ru ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL PUMPING; POLARIZATION; PULSE REPETITION RATE; Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS; SOLITONS;

CONTINUOUS-WAVE MODE LOCKING; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; HARMONIC MODE LOCKING; POLARIZATION ANGLE; POLARIZATION CONTROL; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS; PULSE SPLITTING; Q-SWITCHED MODE LOCKING;

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

EID: 62549090980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.004806     Document Type: Article

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