55-fs pulse generation without wave-breaking from an all-fiber Erbium-doped ring laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 4284-4288

  Deng, Dinghuan ^a   Zhan, Li ^a   Gu, Zhaochang ^a   Gu, Yi ^a   Xia, Yuxing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LIQUID WAVES; LOCKS (FASTENERS); OCEANOGRAPHY; RING LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; DIRECT GENERATION; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION; OPTICAL WAVE BREAKING; RING LASER OSCILLATORS; SINGLE PULSE ENERGY; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 62549148170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.004284     Document Type: Article

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