503MHz repetition rate femtosecond Yb: Fiber ring laser with an integrated WDM collimator

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 25412-25417

  Wang, Aimin ^a   Yang, Hongyu ^a   Zhang, Zhigang ^a  

^a Institute of Software   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); ENERGY GAP; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; Q SWITCHED LASERS; RING LASERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; YTTERBIUM;

ABNORMAL DISPERSION; ALL-SOLID PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBER; FIBER-RING LASERS; HIGH REPETITION RATE; LASING WAVELENGTH; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; SPLICING OPERATION;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; LENSES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 82955208459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.025412     Document Type: Article

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