The multipeak phenomena and nonlinear effects in Q-Switched fiber lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 1763-1765

  Lim, Ee Leong ^a   Alam, Shaif Ul ^a   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber laser; laser dynamics; modulation instability; Q switched lasers

Indexed keywords

ACTIVELY Q-SWITCHED; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; DISPERSIVE FIBER; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; GAIN DYNAMICS; LASER DYNAMICS; MODULATION INSTABILITY; MULTI-PEAK STRUCTURE; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR PULSE EVOLUTION; OPTICAL TIME-GATING; PULSE EVOLUTION; Q-SWITCHED FIBER LASERS; Q-SWITCHES; RISETIMES;

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS;

Q SWITCHING;

EID: 80855156263     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2169395     Document Type: Article

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