Effects of excited-state absorption on self-pulsing in Tm 3+-doped fiber lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-186

  Tang, Yulong ^a   Xu, Jianqiu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCITED STATES; FIBERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPS;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; CROSS SECTION; CW SOLUTIONS; DOPED FIBER; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; KEY FACTORS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PULSE TRAIN; PUMP INTENSITIES; RATE-EQUATION MODELS; SELF-PULSING; STABLE OPERATION; TRANSFER PROCESS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 76649122788     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000179     Document Type: Article

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