Dual transmission filters for enhanced energy in mode-locked fiber lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 23408-23419

  Li, Feng ^a   Ding, Edwin ^b   Kutz, J Nathan ^c   Wai, P K A ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PASSIVE FILTERS; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

CAVITY DESIGN; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; FIBER BIREFRINGENCE; LASER CAVITY; MODE-LOCKED; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; ROUND TRIP; SINGLE PARAMETER; SINGLE PULSE; TRANSMISSION FIBERS; TRANSMISSION FILTERS; TRANSMISSION FUNCTION; WAVEPLATES;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 80755143942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023408     Document Type: Article

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