Impact of self-phase modulation on instabilities in fiber lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1732-1738

  Lee, Hojoon ^a   Agrawal, Govind P ^b  

^a Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser stability; nonlinear wave propagation; optical fiber lasers; ytterbium lasers

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL WORKS; LASER CAVITY; LASER POWER; LASER STABILITY; LENGTH DEPENDENCE; LONGITUDINAL MODES; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION; POWER VARIATIONS; RELAXATION OSCILLATION; SELF MODE LOCKING; SELF-SUSTAINED PULSATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELS; YB-DOPED DOUBLE-CLAD FIBER LASER; YTTERBIUM LASERS;

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER RESONATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SELF PHASE MODULATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; YTTERBIUM;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 78649273531     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2063416     Document Type: Article

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