Mode-locked Tm-Ho-codoped fiber laser at 2.06 μm

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 682-684

  Wang, Qing ^a   Geng, Jihong ^a   Jiang, Zhuo ^a   Luo, Tao ^a   Jiang, Shibin ^a  

^a AdValue Photonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Midinfrared; mode locking; saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

LASER DIODES; MIDINFRARED; MODE-LOCKED; MODE-LOCKING; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS;

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; HOLMIUM; MIRRORS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SILICATES; SOLITONS;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 79955828642     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2123880     Document Type: Article

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