High-energy subpicosecond pulse generation from a mode-locked Yb-doped large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber laser with fiber facet output

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 350-352

  Zhang, Yu Ying ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Hu, Ming Lie ^a   Song, You Jian ^a   Wang, Si Jia ^a   Chai, Lu ^a   Wang, Ching Yue ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Large mode area photonic crystal fiber (lmapcf); Mode locked; Spectral filter (sf)

Indexed keywords

FS PULSE; HIGH ENERGY; LARGE-MODE-AREA PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; LASER SYSTEMS; MODE-LOCKED; PEAK POWER; PULSE ENERGIES; SPECTRAL FILTER (SF); SPECTRAL FILTERS; SUBPICOSECOND PULSE; TIME DURATION;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; YTTERBIUM;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 77955207664     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2039790     Document Type: Article

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