Pulse characteristics of a passively mode-locked thulium fiber laser with positive and negative cavity dispersion

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 18981-18988

  Haxsen, Frithjof ^a,b   Wandt, Dieter ^a,b   Morgner, Uwe ^a,b,c   Neumann, Joerg ^a,b   Kracht, Dietmar ^a,b  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR QUANTUM ENGINEERING AND SPACE TIME RESEARCH QUEST   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FIBER LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); THULIUM;

OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PULSE CHARACTERISTICS; PULSE-SHAPING; PUMP POWER; THEORETICAL MODELING;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 77956333853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.018981     Document Type: Article

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