Coexistence of polarization-locked and polarization-rotating vector solitons in a fiber laser with SESAM

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3059-3061

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

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER LASERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); POLARIZATION; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS; SOLITONS;

BOUND STATE; GROUP VELOCITIES; POLARIZATION ROTATING; VECTOR SOLITON;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 70450213099     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.003059     Document Type: Article

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