Nonlinear refractive index of a rare-earth-doped fiber laser

Optics Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 2414-2416

  Bochove, Erik ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND PULSES; FIXED FREQUENCIES; RARE-EARTH-DOPED FIBER LASER; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 7544237605     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.29.002414     Document Type: Article

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