Coexistence of strong and weak pulses in a fiber laser with largely anomalous dispersion

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 5874-5887

  Liu, Xueming ^a  

^a XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FIBER LASERS; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SOLITONS;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; COMBINED PULSE; DISSIPATIVE PROCESS; DISSIPATIVE SOLITONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; KERR EFFECTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PULSE COMPONENTS; PULSE-SHAPING; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 79953194841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.005874     Document Type: Article

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