Bunch of restless vector solitons in a fiber laser with SESAM

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 8103-8108

  Zhao, L M ^a   Tang, D Y ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Wu, X ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); Q SWITCHED LASERS; VECTORS;

PERIOD DOUBLING BIFURCATION; POLARIZATION ROTATION; PUMP POWER; REPETITION RATE; VECTOR SOLITON;

SOLITONS;

EID: 66449107529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008103     Document Type: Article

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