Coexistence of unequal pulses in a normal dispersion fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 16303-16308

  Mao, Dong ^a   Liu, Xueming ^a   Wang, Leiran ^a   Lu, Hua ^a   Duan, Lina ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; SATELLITES;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; LASER CAVITY; MAIN PULSE; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION; NORMAL DISPERSION; OUTPUT SPECTRUM; PULSE-SHAPING; PUMP POWER; RING CAVITIES; SPECTRAL FILTERING;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 80051753281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.016303     Document Type: Article

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