High-Power all-fiber-based narrow-linewidth single-mode fiber laser pulses in the C-band and frequency conversion to THz generation

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-384

  Shi, Wei ^a,b   Leigh, Matthew A ^a,c   Zong, Jie ^a   Yao, Zhidong ^a   Nguyen, Dan T ^a   Chavez Pirson, Arturo ^a,b   Peyghambarian, Nasser ^a,b  

^a NP PHOTONICS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Envisioneering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; Frequency conversion; Infrared and far infrared lasers; Lasers and laser optics; Nonlinear optics; Terahertz (THz) generation

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS AMPLIFIERS AND OSCILLATORS; FREQUENCY CONVERSION; INFRARED AND FAR-INFRARED LASERS; LASERS AND LASER OPTICS; TERAHERTZ (THZ) GENERATION;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER PULSES; LIGHT; LINEWIDTH; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

LASERS;

AMPLIFIERS; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY; LASERS; OSCILLATORS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

EID: 64549096770     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010234     Document Type: Article

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