Nanosecond pulse generation in lumped normally dispersive all-fiber mode-locked laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1379-1381

  Zhang, M ^a   Kelleher, E J R ^a   Obraztsova, E D ^b   Popov, S V ^a   Taylor, J R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; fiber lasers; laser mode locking; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; BANDWIDTH LIMITING EFFECT; CHIRPED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; GAIN DISPERSION; MODE-LOCKED; MODE-LOCKED LASER; MODELOCKING; NANOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; PULSE FORMATION; REFLECTION BANDS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; YTTERBIUM LASERS;

CARBON FIBERS; DISPERSIONS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER RESONATORS; PULSE GENERATORS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YTTERBIUM;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 80052639361     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2161462     Document Type: Article

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